One-Pot Facile Methodology to Synthesize Chitosan-ZnO-Graphene Oxide Hybrid Composites for Better Dye Adsorption and Antibacterial Activity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Synthesis of Hybrid Composites
3.3. Characterization
3.4. Dye Absorption and Antibacterial Activity
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Bacteria | MIC of CS (µg/mL) | MIC of CS–ZnO (µg/mL) | MIC of CS–ZnO–GO (µg/mL) |
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E. coli | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
S. aureus | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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Sanmugam, A.; Vikraman, D.; Park, H.J.; Kim, H.-S. One-Pot Facile Methodology to Synthesize Chitosan-ZnO-Graphene Oxide Hybrid Composites for Better Dye Adsorption and Antibacterial Activity. Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7110363
Sanmugam A, Vikraman D, Park HJ, Kim H-S. One-Pot Facile Methodology to Synthesize Chitosan-ZnO-Graphene Oxide Hybrid Composites for Better Dye Adsorption and Antibacterial Activity. Nanomaterials. 2017; 7(11):363. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7110363
Chicago/Turabian StyleSanmugam, Anandhavelu, Dhanasekaran Vikraman, Hui Joon Park, and Hyun-Seok Kim. 2017. "One-Pot Facile Methodology to Synthesize Chitosan-ZnO-Graphene Oxide Hybrid Composites for Better Dye Adsorption and Antibacterial Activity" Nanomaterials 7, no. 11: 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7110363