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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 302-311Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ijac.13647
Keywords
antimicrobial agent; biocompatible; crystallography; cytotoxicity; oyster shell waste
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIP) [2020R1A2B5B01001797]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2020R1A2B5B01001797] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Thermally calcined oyster shells were studied as biocompatible antimicrobial agents, with CaO identified as the main antimicrobial component effective against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Calcined oyster shells treated at 750 degrees C showed the best antimicrobial potency.
To develop biocompatible antimicrobial agent, oyster shell wastes were thermally calcined at different temperatures ranging from 300 to 1000 degrees C. The chemical compositions and properties of oyster shells were characterized. As such, crystallographic analysis presented that oyster shells had a hexagonal crystalline shape, and calcination process reduced their crystalline size, volume (grain dimension), and bond length, which strongly affected antimicrobial efficacy. Results showed that the main components of uncalcined and calcined oyster shells were CaCO3 and CaO, by which CaO was found to be the main antimicrobial component. Notably, calcined oyster shells showed antimicrobial potency against both Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus). Furthermore, cytotoxicity analysis proved that calcined oyster shells had good cell viability and low cytotoxicity. Results highlighted that calcined oyster shells, particularly those treated at 750 degrees C, could be a biocompatible alternative to synthetic biocidal and antimicrobial agents using in food packaging, biomedical, and cosmetic industries.
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