Abstract
Bacterial infections are recognized as a serious health issue in the world. Nano-zinc oxide (nano-ZnO) is considered as an antibacterial material because of its broad-spectrum bactericidal properties. In this work, a one-pot method to prepare nano-metal oxide-loaded composites based on polydopamine (PDA)-coated mesoporous silica (MSN/ZnO, MSN/CuZnO, MSN-C/ZnO, MSN-C/CuZnO) with good antibacterial properties was proposed. The results showed that the morphology of the composites had a regular spherical shape with an average particle size of 100 nm. And nano-metal oxides were formed in the pore of mesoporous silica with a diameter of 5 nm. Strikingly, the inhibition zone diameters towards E. coli of MSN-C/ZnO and MSN-C/CuZnO showed better antibacterial performance, were 35.40 ± 0.01 mm and 33.20 ± 0.01 mm, respectively. Besides, it was found that, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of such nano-metal oxide-loaded composites were 0.625 mg/mL. Therefore, these mesoporous silica-supported nano-metal oxide composites can be used as favorable and effective antibacterial products for advanced and potential applications.
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