Author, as appears in the article.: Ikram M; Shahid H; Haider J; Haider A; Naz S; Ul-Hamid A; Shahzadi I; Naz M; Nabgan W; Ali S
Department: Enginyeria Química
URV's Author/s: Nabgan, Walid
Keywords: Zinc-oxide nanoparticles thin-films starch photocatalytic activity nb methylene-blue dye degradation degussa p25 tio2 chemical-modification antibacterial
Abstract: Nb/starch-doped ZnO quantum dots (QDs) were prepared by a coprecipitation route. A fixed quantity of starch (st) and different concentrations (2 and 4%) of niobium (Nb) were doped in a ZnO lattice. To gain a better understanding of synthesized nanostructures, a systematic study was carried out utilizing several characterization methods. The goal of this research was to undertake methylene blue (MB) dye degradation with a synthetic material and also study its antibacterial properties. The phase structure, morphology, functional groups, optical properties, and elemental compositions of synthesized samples were investigated. Our study showed that ZnO QDs enhanced photocatalytic activity (PCA), resulting in effective MB degradation, in addition to showing good antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative relative to Gram-positive bacteria. Molecular docking study findings were in good agreement with the observed in vitro bactericidal potential and suggested ZnO, st-ZnO, and Nb/st-ZnO as possible inhibitors against dihydrofolate reductase (DHFRE. coli) and DNA gyraseE. coli.
Thematic Areas: Química Interdisciplinar General chemistry General chemical engineering Engenharias ii Ciências agrárias i Chemistry, multidisciplinary Chemistry (miscellaneous) Chemistry (all) Chemical engineering (miscellaneous) Chemical engineering (all)
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: walid.nabgan@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-9901-862X
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.2c05569
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Acs Omega. 7 (43): 39347-39361
APA: Ikram M; Shahid H; Haider J; Haider A; Naz S; Ul-Hamid A; Shahzadi I; Naz M; Nabgan W; Ali S (2022). Nb/Starch-Doped ZnO Nanostructures for Polluted Water Treatment and Antimicrobial Applications: Molecular Docking Analysis. Acs Omega, 7(43), 39347-39361. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05569
Article's DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05569
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications