The preparation and antibacterial activity of cellulose/ZnO composite: a review

Abstract: The infectious diseases caused by various bacteria pose serious threat to human health. To solve this problem, antibacterial agents have been widely used in people’s daily life to deactivate or kill these bacteria. Among the antibacterial agents, ZnO is one of the most promising metal oxide antibacterial agents due to its non-toxic nature and safe properties. To expand its application, many composites of ZnO have been widely studied. Cellulose, as one of the most abundant biopolymers, has many merits like biodegradability, biocompatibility and low cost. Thus, many studies focus on synthesized cellulose/ZnO. The synthetic strategy includes both chemical and physical methods. Many of them have been shown that cellulose/ZnO composites have excellent antibacterial activity and are environment-friendly and have many applications for example food packing, antibacterial fibers and so on. This review mainly discusses the preparation methods of cellulose/ZnO and their effect on the morphology and properties.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
The preparation and antibacterial activity of cellulose/ZnO composite: a review ; volume:16 ; number:1 ; year:2018 ; pages:9-20 ; extent:12
Open chemistry ; 16, Heft 1 (2018), 9-20 (gesamt 12)

Creator
Zhao, Si-Wei
Guo, Chong-Rui
Hu, Ying-Zhu
Guo, Yuan-Ru
Pan, Qing-Jiang

DOI
10.1515/chem-2018-0006
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410161559077.007475582377
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Zhao, Si-Wei
  • Guo, Chong-Rui
  • Hu, Ying-Zhu
  • Guo, Yuan-Ru
  • Pan, Qing-Jiang

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