Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Zinc-Silicon Oxides Nanocomposite
Muhammad Arshad, Sadia Haneef, Nabeela Aslam, Amna Afzaal
Affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Nano-ChemistryLab, GC University Lahore, Pakistan
Corresponding Author
Farrukh, M.A. Department of Chemistry, Nano-ChemistryLab, GC University Lahore, 54000, Pakistan; E-mail: akhyar100@gmail.com
Citation
Farrukh, M.A. et.al. Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Zinc-Silicon Oxides Nanocomposite. (2016) Lett Health Biol Sci 1(1): 5- 9.
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© 2016 Farrukh, M.A. This is an Open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Abstract
Synthesis of ZnO-SiO2 nanocomposite was carried out via deposition-precipitation method by using acetonitrile as solvent. Synthesized nanocomposite was characterized by using different analytical techniques like Fournier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS). Biological potential such as antibacterial and antifungal activities were also studied by using Disc Diffusion method and Agar Well Diffusion Assay respectively. The particle size of ZnO-SiO2 nanocomposite calculated by TEM was found to be 6.2 nm. The nanocomposite showed better antibacterial activity than antifungal activity.
