Journal
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
Volume 172, Issue -, Pages 785-794Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.05.047
Keywords
Antibacterial; Cu2O/GQDs; GQDs; Cauliflower-like nanostructures and flower-like; Nanocomposite
Funding
- council of Iran National Science Foundation
- INSF [97017837]
- University of Kashan [159271/122]
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Here we used Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) as a reducing agent to produce Cu2O/GQDs nanocomposite from copper(II) acetate. Different morphologies of Cu2O/GQDs nanocomposites including particles, rod-like nano structures, cauliflower-like nanostructures, and flower-like nanostructures were fabricated by tuning the synthesis parameters. Then the effect of these morphologies on the antibacterial activity of Cu2O/GQDs against Gram-negative (E. colt) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria was investigated. Results show that flower-like Cu2O/GQDs nanocomposite shows the highest antibacterial activity with MIC of 0.1 against E. colt and 0.7 against Staphylococcus aureus.
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