Efects of Ultrasound on Zinc Oxide/Vermiculite/Chlorhexidine Nanocomposite Preparation and Their Antibacterial Activity
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27640%2F19%3A10242512" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27640/19:10242512 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials/special_issues/nanotech_med_pharm_nom2019" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials/special_issues/nanotech_med_pharm_nom2019</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano9091309" target="_blank" >10.3390/nano9091309</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Efects of Ultrasound on Zinc Oxide/Vermiculite/Chlorhexidine Nanocomposite Preparation and Their Antibacterial Activity
Original language description
Microbial infection and biofilm formation are both problems associated with medical implants and devices. In recent years, hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites based on clay minerals have attracted significant attention due to their application potential in the field of antimicrobial materials. Organic drug/metal oxide hybrids exhibit improved antimicrobial activity, and intercalating the above materials into the interlayer of clay endows a long-term and controlled-release behavior. Since antimicrobial activity is strongly related to the structure of the material, ultrasonic treatment appears to be a suitable method for the synthesis of these materials as it can well control particle size distribution and morphology. This study aims to prepare novel, structurally stable, and highly antimicrobial nanocomposites based on zinc oxide/vermiculite/chlorhexidine. The influence of ultrasonic treatment at dierent time intervals and under dierent intercalation conditions (ultrasonic action in a breaker or in a Roset's vessel) on the structure, morphology, and particle size of prepared hybrid nanocomposite materials was evaluated by the following methods: scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diraction, energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, carbon phase analysis, Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy, specific surface area measurement, particle size analysis, and Zeta potential analysis. Particle size analyses confirmed that the ultrasonic method contributes to the reduction of particle size, and to their homogenization/arrangement. Further, X-ray diraction analysis confirmed that ultrasound intercalation in a beaker helps to more eciently intercalate chlorhexidine dihydrochloride (CH) into the vermiculite interlayer space, while a Roset's vessel contributed to the attachment of the CH molecules to the vermiculite surface. The antibacterial activity of hybrid nanocomposite materials was investigated on Gram negative (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and Gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis) bacterial strains by finding the minimum inhibitory concentration. All hybrid nanocomposite materials prepared by ultrasound methods showed high antimicrobial activity after 30 min, with a long-lasting eect and without being aected by the concentration of the antibacterial components zinc oxide (ZnO) and CH. The benefits of the samples prepared by ultrasonic methods are the rapid onset of an antimicrobial eect and its long-term duration.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20500 - Materials engineering
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nanomaterials
ISSN
2079-4991
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Volume of the periodical
9
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1309
UT code for WoS article
000489101900126
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