Issue 6, 2015
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Green Chemistry

Antibacterial effect of calcium oxide nano-plates fabricated from shrimp shells†

Gangaraju Gedda,c   Sunil Pandey,ad   Yu-Chih Lina  and  Hui-Fen Wu*abcde  

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a Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-Sen University and Academia Sinica, Kaohsiung, 70, Lien-Hai Road, Taiwan

b School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 70, Lien-Hai Road, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
E-mail: hwu@faculty.nsysu.edu.tw
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c Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70, Lien-Hai Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

d Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70, Lien-Hai Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

e Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70, Lien-Hai Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Abstract

We used shrimp shells as a novel and green source of precursors to produce calcium oxide nano-plates ranging from 40 to 130 nm (in length) and 30 to 100 nm (in width). These nanoparticles were found to possess effective antimicrobial activity against gram positive and gram-negative bacteria. The percentage yield of the calcium oxide nano-plates (8%) enables this method to become a highly effective industrial technique.

Graphical abstract: Antibacterial effect of calcium oxide nano-plates fabricated from shrimp shells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5GC00615E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Mar 2015
Accepted
30 Apr 2015
First published
21 May 2015

Green Chem., 2015,17, 3276-3280

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Antibacterial effect of calcium oxide nano-plates fabricated from shrimp shells

G. Gedda, S. Pandey, Y. Lin and H. Wu, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 3276 DOI: 10.1039/C5GC00615E

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