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REVIEW article

Front. Mater.
Sec. Biomaterials and Bio-Inspired Materials
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmats.2024.1449614
This article is part of the Research Topic Green Chemistry and the Consumer: Towards Greener Consumer Products View all 3 articles

Research on the Antibacterial Properties of Nanoscale Zinc Oxide Particles comprehensive review

Provisionally accepted
Jiahe Nan Jiahe Nan yanhui chu yanhui chu *ran guo ran guo peijian chen peijian chen
  • Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China

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    Bacteria are present in the environment around us, including in the air, water, and soil. Moreover, infection-causing bacteria are transmitted indirectly through the air, food, and water, as well as through direct contact. Upon entering the human body, they multiply and cause various discomforts or diseases. To combat such diseases, antibiotics are the current choice of the primary treatment. However, their overuse has led to a major issue referred to as bacterial resistance. Metal NPs possess great potential in microbial detection along with disease diagnosis and treatment. Zinc is an essential trace element crucial for human growth and development, and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) are an inorganic material with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Therefore, in this review article, we provide a detailed overview of the antibacterial mechanisms of ZnONPs, thereby providing theoretical support for their application.

    Keywords: Bacteria, Zinc oxide nanoparticles, Antibacterial mechanisms, material synthesis, Green synthesis

    Received: 15 Jun 2024; Accepted: 13 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Nan, chu, guo and chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: yanhui chu, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China

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