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Preparation of ZnO-supported 13X zeolite particles and their antimicrobial mechanism

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To improve the antimicrobial properties of ZnO, ZnO-supported 13X zeolite (X-ZnO) was prepared via the facile chemical method. Antimicrobial activities of X-ZnO and ZnO were tested against Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria. X-ZnO showed noticeable antimicrobial activities against E. coli and S. aureus under visible light conditions, especially against E. coli. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of X-ZnO against E. coli was 0.12–0.24 mg/mL. However, there were still much bacteria alive in the nano-ZnO suspensions at the same concentration. To elucidate the antimicrobial activities of X-ZnO, the average concentration of the total reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Zn2+ ions released from X-ZnO and nano-ZnO were quantitatively analyzed. The obtained results indicated that the average concentration of ROS produced by supported ZnO was much higher than that of nano-ZnO. And the released Zn2+ ions from X-ZnO and nano-ZnO suspensions were much lower than the MIC of Zn2+. Thus, it is believed that the production of ROS in X-ZnO and nano-ZnO suspensions resulted in the difference of antibacterial activities.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank the financial support of the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 51173208 and 51373202) and the Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. S2011020001212). They thank the open project of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Performance Resin-based Composites for the provided support.

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Guangdong Industry Technical College, Guangzhou, 510300, People’s Republic of China

    Mei Li

  2. Technology Development Center for Polymer Processing Engineering of Guangdong Colleges and Universities, Guangzhou, 510300, People’s Republic of China

    Mei Li

  3. Advance Technology Development Center for Polymer Processing Engineering of Guangdong, Guangzhou, 510300, People’s Republic of China

    Mei Li

  4. Materials Science Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China

    Lijun Wu, Zishou Zhang & Kancheng Mai

  5. Key Laboratory of Polymeric Composites and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China

    Lijun Wu, Zishou Zhang & Kancheng Mai

  6. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Performance Resin-based Composites, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China

    Lijun Wu, Zishou Zhang & Kancheng Mai

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Li, M., Wu, L., Zhang, Z. et al. Preparation of ZnO-supported 13X zeolite particles and their antimicrobial mechanism. Journal of Materials Research 32, 4232–4240 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.410

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