Graphene oxide-modified ZnO particles: synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial properties
- Authors
- Zhong, Linlin; Yun, Kyusik
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Publisher
- DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
- Keywords
- graphene oxide; ZnO; characterization; antibacterial property
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE, v.10, pp.79 - 92
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE
- Volume
- 10
- Start Page
- 79
- End Page
- 92
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/11979
- DOI
- 10.2147/IJN.S88319
- ISSN
- 1178-2013
- Abstract
- Nanosized ZnO particles with diameters of 15 nm were prepared with a solution precipitation method at low cost and high yield. The synthesis of the particles was functionalized by the organic solvent dimethylformamide, and the particles were covalently bonded to the surface of graphene oxide. The morphology of the graphene oxide sheets and ZnO particles was confirmed with field emission scanning electron microscopy and biological atomic force microscopy. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction were used to analyze the physical and chemical properties of the ZnO/graphene oxide composites that differed from those of the individual components. Enhanced electrochemical properties were detected with cyclic voltammetry, with a redox peak of the composites at 0.025 mV. Excellent antibacterial activity of ZnO/graphene oxide composites was observed with a microdilution method in which minimum inhibitory concentrations of 6.25 mu g/mL for Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium, 12.5 mu g/mL for Bacillus subtilis, and 25 mu g/mL for Enterococcus faecalis. After further study of the antibacterial mechanism, we concluded that a vast number of reactive oxygen species formed on the surface of composites, improving antibacterial properties.
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