Electrospun ZnO/TiO2 composite nanofibers as a bactericidal agent

Sun Hye Hwang; Jooyoung Song; Yujung Jung; O. Young Kweon; Hee Song; Jyongsik Jang

doi:10.1039/C1CC12872H

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Electrospun ZnO/TiO₂ composite nanofibers as a bactericidal agent†

Sun Hye Hwang,^a Jooyoung Song,^a Yujung Jung,^a O. Young Kweon,^a Hee Song^a and Jyongsik Jang*^a

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Abstract

Novel ZnO/TiO₂ composite nanofibers were fabricated by an electrospinning method and showed excellent antimicrobial activity against gram-negative Escherichia coli and gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus under UV irradiation and in the absence of light.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12872H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 16 May 2011
Accepted: 22 Jun 2011
First published: 14 Jul 2011

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Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 9164-9166

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Electrospun ZnO/TiO₂ composite nanofibers as a bactericidal agent

S. H. Hwang, J. Song, Y. Jung, O. Y. Kweon, H. Song and J. Jang, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 9164 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12872H

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