Properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their activity against microbes

KS Siddiqi, A ur Rahman, null Tajuddin… - Nanoscale research …, 2018 - Springer
Zinc oxide is an essential ingredient of many enzymes, sun screens, and ointments for pain
and itch relief. Its microcrystals are very efficient light absorbers in the UVA and UVB region …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis, antiseptic activity and toxicity mechanism

A Król, P Pomastowski, K Rafińska… - Advances in colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO), as a material with attractive properties, has attracted great interest
worldwide, particularly owing to the implementation of the synthesis of nano-sized particles …

ZnO nanostructures in active antibacterial food packaging: preparation methods, antimicrobial mechanisms, safety issues, future prospects, and challenges

I Kim, K Viswanathan, G Kasi… - Food Reviews …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Packaging of food products is one of the most important stages of the food supply chain.
Nano-size materials for packing food substances with appropriate properties result in better …

Engineered nanomaterials for antimicrobial applications: A review

EO Ogunsona, R Muthuraj, E Ojogbo, O Valerio… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Human mortality rates due to infectious diseases from drug-resistant bacterial strains is
becoming an epidemic in our society. Currently, the development of new, expensive and …

Green synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Eucalyptus globulus Labill. leaf extract and zinc nitrate hexahydrate salt

AA Barzinjy, HH Azeez - SN Applied Sciences, 2020 - Springer
This study consists of a reliable process for synthesizing ZnO NPs by green method. Here,
Eucalyptus globulus Labill. leaf extract is utilized as an efficient chelating and capping agent …

Review on zinc oxide nanoparticles: antibacterial activity and toxicity mechanism

A Sirelkhatim, S Mahmud, A Seeni, NHM Kaus… - Nano-micro letters, 2015 - Springer
Antibacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) has received significant interest
worldwide particularly by the implementation of nanotechnology to synthesize particles in …

Applications of inorganic nanoparticles in food packaging: A comprehensive review

KK Dash, P Deka, SP Bangar, V Chaudhary, M Trif… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles (NPs) have acquired significance in technological breakthroughs due to their
unique properties, such as size, shape, chemical composition, physiochemical stability …

Inorganic and metal nanoparticles and their antimicrobial activity in food packaging applications

M Hoseinnejad, SM Jafari… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Nanotechnology has revolutionized almost all the fields of science and technology,
particularly the food packaging industry. Accordingly, some nanoparticles can be used in …

Cellulose from sources to nanocellulose and an overview of synthesis and properties of nanocellulose/zinc oxide nanocomposite materials

A Farooq, MK Patoary, M Zhang, H Mussana… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, environmental and ecological concerns are increasing due to the usage of
petroleum-based products so the synthesis of ultra-fine chemicals and functional materials …

Ecotoxicity of manufactured ZnO nanoparticles–a review

H Ma, PL Williams, SA Diamond - Environmental pollution, 2013 - Elsevier
This report presents an exhaustive literature review on the toxicity of manufactured ZnO
nanoparticles (NPs) to ecological receptors across different taxa: bacteria, algae and plants …