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Efficient Photocatalytic and Antimicrobial Behaviour of Zinc Oxide Nanoplates Prepared By Hydrothermal Method

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In this project, the prime focus was to synthesize zinc oxide nanoplates (ZnO-Nps) by a reliable, simple, and low cost facile hydrothermal method. Zinc acetate was used as major precursors; the synthesis was standardized in a 100 mL autoclave, at 180 °C for 24 h which results in nanoplates with 150–300 nm width and thickness 10–60 nm size and mesoporous nature with a specific surface area 126 cm2 g−1. The prepared sample was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), scaning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive microscopy (EDS), Fourior transfer infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray photo electron microscopy (XPS), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), Photoluminance (PL), and Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. For application purposes, photocatalytic and antimicrobial activities of ZnO-Nps were studied systematically. The material was made photo-active under visible light irradiation for the degradation of the Methyl orange dye in aqueous media. The antimicrobial activity of ZnO-Nps was checked by time kill method, presented the inhibition of growth against clinical isolates of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) after 24 h. However, 12.5 and 6.25 µg is minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and 25 and 12.5 µg minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) of ZnO-Nps against MRSA and E. coli respectively.

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Acknowledgements

Dr. Muhammad Munir Sajid is thankful to Dr. Zhengjun Zhang for supporting characterization techniques and keen interest, Tsinghua University; Beijing, China.

Funding

This work was financially supported by the State Scholarship Fund of China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201808410144), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51202107), and Foundation of Henan Educational Committee (Grant No. 20A480003).

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  1. School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China

    Muhammad Munir Sajid & Haifa Zhai

  2. Department of Physics, Government College University Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan

    Muhammad Munir Sajid, Naveed Akhtar Shad & Nasir Amin

  3. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China

    Muhammad Munir Sajid & Haifa Zhai

  4. Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan

    Yasir Javed

  5. Department of Microbiology, Government College University Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shafique & Muhammad Aamir Hassan

  6. Department of Electrical and Biological Physics, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, South Korea

    Amir Muhammad Afzal

  7. The State Key Laboratory for New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Sadaf Bashir Khan

  8. Department Agriculture Research Soil and Water Testing Lab Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Pakistan

    Muhammad Umar Hayat Khan

  9. Department of Chemistry, Government College Women University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan

    Tayyaba Tarabi

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Sajid, M.M., Shad, N.A., Javed, Y. et al. Efficient Photocatalytic and Antimicrobial Behaviour of Zinc Oxide Nanoplates Prepared By Hydrothermal Method. J Clust Sci 33, 773–783 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-021-02013-8

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