Abstract
Apart from being a promising optoelectronic devices such as photodetector and sensors, ZnO has many dental and biomedical applications. ZnO has been known to possess strong toxicity towards bacteria, cancer and fungi. Cytotoxicity test of pharmaceutical grade of ZnO on L929 mouse fibroblast cell lines was carried out using trypan blue assay. ZnO was characterized for its morphology, structure and optical properties using FESEM, EDS, UV-Vis and XRD. ZnO exhibited various morphologies like rod, platelet, slab and irregular-shaped particles. EDS data showed the ZnO powder possessed relatively higher oxygen atomic percentage if compared to zinc atoms with an oxygen-to-zinc ratio of 1.219. The average crystallite size obtained was about 39 nm. The percentage of cell viability on L929 cell was decreased with increasing ZnO concentrations. The cells viability after 72h were achieved and the concentration of ZnO below 1 mM was summarized as non-toxic after treated with ZnO. The higher surficial oxygen on ZnO particle surface could have promoted higher generation of reactive oxygen species that caused lower L929 cell viability.
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