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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Antibacterial Activity of Silver-Modified CuO Nanoparticle-Coated Masks.

Tanuja Udawant, Prajkta Thorat, Payal Thapa, Manali Patel, Saroj Shekhawat, Roshni Patel, Ankit Sudhir, Om Hudka, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Archana Deokar

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Tanuja UdawantModern College of Arts, Science, and Commerce, Pune 411005, India.
Prajkta ThoratModern College of Arts, Science, and Commerce, Pune 411005, India.
Payal ThapaDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Science, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals University, Vadodara 391750, India.
Manali PatelDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Science, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals University, Vadodara 391750, India.
Saroj ShekhawatDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Science, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals University, Vadodara 391750, India.ORCID 0009-0008-1970-1196
Roshni PatelDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Science, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals University, Vadodara 391750, India.
Ankit SudhirDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Science, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals University, Vadodara 391750, India.
Om HudkaDepartment of Chemical Sciences, School of Science, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals University, Vadodara 391750, India.ORCID 0009-0008-9832-2599
Indra Neel PulidindiJesus' Scientific Consultancy for Industrial and Academic Research (JSCIAR), Tharamani 600113, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3281-9649
Archana DeokarModern College of Arts, Science, and Commerce, Pune 411005, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A green and cost-effective sonochemical synthetic method was followed for coating silver-modified copper oxide (Ag-CuO) nanoparticles (NPs) on disposable surgical mask. The NP-coated masks were systematically characterized using XRD and FT-IR for understanding the structural and surface functionalities. In addition, the field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) analysis showed the homogeneous coating of Ag-CuO NPs over the mask fibers. The average particle size of Ag-CuO was found to be ~70 nm. The NP-coated masks are useful to combat a broad range of bacterial species by taking the unique advantage of the synergistic effect of Ag and metal oxide (CuO and ZnO) NPs for the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Zone of inhibition (ZoI) studies demonstrated antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive

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Ag-CuOAg-ZnOairborne bacteriamasksnanoparticlesreactive oxygen speciesROSsonicationZoIZone of inhibition

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PMID39768052
PMCPMC11672906

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