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Facile synthesis of zinc oxide nanostructures and their antibacterial and antioxidant properties

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Metal-oxide-based nanostructure has got a significant interest for anticorrosion, antioxidant, and antibacterial applications. Herein, ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) and nanoneedles (NNs) are prepared by hydrothermal synthesis and used for antibacterial and antioxidant properties. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microcopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV–visible Spectroscopy are used to characterize the ZnO-based nanostructures. The ZnO NNs exhibit excellent antibacterial properties against a strain of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterium of (18 and 16 nm) zone of inhibition (ZOI) compared to ZnO NPs (10 and 12 mm ZOI), respectively. Moreover, their scavenging against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryhydrazyl free radical is investigated. The ZnO NNs show the highest antioxidant activity (~ 94%) compared to ZnO NP (~ 46%). We believe this study is aims to be significant in various bio-medical industries regarding new structures development as well as antibacterial and antioxidant studies.

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Acknowledgements

Authors are also thankful for technical and research support from University of Haripur, Pakistan, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan, Sukkur IBA University, and University of Chinese Academy of Science (UCAS), China.

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 This research is financially supported by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan for Project No. 399/IPFP-II(Batch-1)/SRGP/NAHE/HEC/2020/23).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Science, The University of Haripur, Haripur, 22620, KPK, Pakistan

    Muzaffar Iqbal, Aliya Ibrar & Ashraf Ali

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan

    Fida Hussain Memon

  3. Department of Mechatronics Engineering, College of EME, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

    Faisal Rehman

  4. Department of Physics and Electronics, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Mirs, 66020, Pakistan

    Zubeda Bhatti

  5. Department of Linguistics and Human Sciences, Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University, Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan

    Faheeda Soomro

  6. Department of Molecular Engineering, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland

    Akbar Ali

  7. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Wenhua Road, Shenyang, China

    Khalid Hussain Thebo

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Iqbal, M., Ibrar, A., Ali, A. et al. Facile synthesis of zinc oxide nanostructures and their antibacterial and antioxidant properties. Int Nano Lett 12, 205–213 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40089-022-00370-4

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