Biomedical Engineering Reference
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50 mg/ml
Silicon oxide
50 mg/ml ZnO
Control
100 mg/ml
Silicon oxide
100 mg/ml ZnO
FIGURE 18.7
Growth.inhibition.toward.
A. fumigatus
.by.50.and.100.ppm.ZnO.with.a.volume.of.100.μl..(From.Phanichphant,.S.,.
et.al.,.Final.Report.on.Development.of.Medical.Textile.Using.Nanotechnology:.Production.of.Medical.Protective.
Garment,.submitted.to.Thai.Textile.Institute,.Ministry.of.Commerce,.Thailand,.2006.(in.Thai,.unpublished).
suspension.of.CuO.nanoparticles.showed.activity.against.
S. aureus
.and.
E. coli
,.with.mini-
mum.bactericidal.concentrations.(MBCs).ranging.from.100.to.5,000.µg/ml.
45
.The.ability.of.
CuO.nanoparticles.to.reduce.a.bacterial.population.to.zero.was.enhanced.in.the.presence.of.
silver.nanoparticles.below.the.MBCs.value..Copper.oxide.nanoparticles.were.synthesized.
and.subsequently.deposited.on.the.surface.of.cotton.fabric.using.ultrasound.irradiation..
50 mg/ml
Silicon oxide
100 mg/ml
Silicon oxide
Control
50 mg/ml
ZnO
100 mg/ml
ZnO
FIGURE 18.8
Growth.inhibition.toward.
B. subtilis
.by.50.and.100.ppm.ZnO.with.a.volume.of.100.μl..(From.Phanichphant,.S.,.et.
al.,.Final.Report.on.Development.of.Medical.Textile.Using.Nanotechnology:.Production.of.Medical.Protective.
Garment,.submitted.to.Thai.Textile.Institute,.Ministry.of.Commerce,.Thailand,.2006.(in.Thai,.unpublished).)
