Objective(s): Nanocomposite active packaging systems were used to prepare antimicrobial and antifungal properties. This study was to investigate the physical and antimicrobial activity of prepared films against three types of aflatoxin producing fungi Aspergillus Flavus. Material and methods: For investigating the effect of antibacterial nano-covers, the direct contact of 0, 1%, 3% and 5%...

A novel technique for glucose sensing using collagen based thin film and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles, the Zinc Oxide Collagen Glucose Sensor (ZnOCGS) presented here. The Zinc oxide is synthesized using the two medium namely treating with 1.Ethanediol medium (Ethylene glycol) and 2.Water medium. It is characterized using the analytical techniques such as Fourier Transform infrared spectroscop...

Nanotechnology is the most innovative field of 21st century. Extensive research is going on for commercializing nanoproducts throughout the world. Due to their unique properties, nanoparticles have gained considerable importance compared to bulk counterparts. Among other metal nanoparticles, zinc oxide nanoparticles are very much important due to their utilization in gas sensors, biosensors, co...

Zinc deficiency is a global nutritional disorder affecting majority of healthy people rather than those suffering from chronic diseases, affects about one third of people around the world and thereby causing clinical manifestations. This work represents new modality to increase the intestinal absorptivity and bioavailability of zinc from the diet by replacing traditional bulk form by zinc nanop...

objective(s): cuo is one of the most important transition metal oxides due to its captivating properties. it is used in various technological applications such as high critical temperature superconductors, gas sensors, in photoconductive applications, and so on. recently, it has been used as an antimicrobial agent against various bacterial species. materials and methods: here, we synthesized cu...

zinc oxide (zno) nanoparticles were synthesized by spray pyrolysis method using an aqueous solution of zinc acetate at various concentrations from 5 to 25 wt%. the decomposition of precursor solutions was carried out at 800, 1000 and 1200ºc under different atomizing pressures. the crystal structure and morphology of synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd) spectro...

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopowders were synthesized by the sol–gel method from an ethanol solution of zinc sulfate heptahydrate in the presence of diethylene glycol surfactant. Detailed structural and microstructural investigations were carried out using x-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier tra...