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ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2021.103606
Keywords
Hetrostructure nanocomposits; Pulsed laser ablation; Spray pyrolysis; Antibacterial activity; Zinc Oxide-Copper Oxide
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- Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia [2020-054-CED]
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The study successfully fabricated ZnO/CuO heterostructure nanocomposites using pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL) technique and characterized their structural and antibacterial properties. The results showed that the nanocomposites exhibited excellent antibacterial activity, especially against E. coli ATCC8739.
Pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL) has verified its surpassing advantages in the fabrication of several high purity nanostructured metals and metal oxides. In this work, ZnO/CuO heterostructure nanocomposites have been fabricated by laser ablation a Q switched Nd: YAG laser beam (1064 nm, 10 Hz, pulse energy and pulse with 30 mJ and 10 ns) is focused on the surface of the ZnO thin film for 10 min. The fabricated ZnO/CuO nanocomposite was then characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-vis spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Raman spectroscopy to investigate the structural, compositional, and optical properties of the fabricated nanocomposite. The synthesized nanocomposites were evaluated as antibacterial agents against both the gram-positive bacterium S. aureus subsp. aureus ATCCBAA-977, and the gram-negative bacteria E. coli ATCC8739, K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae ATCC700603, and P. aeruginosa ATCC27853. The as-fabricated ZnO/CuO nanocomposite demonstrated outstanding antibacterial activity except in the case of K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae ATCC700603 while the maximum activity was observed against E. coli ATCC8739. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.
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