TY - JOUR ID - TI - New stabilizer Cellulose Nano Rods-Zinc Oxide (CNR-ZnO) material for nanocomposite synthesis and anti-bacterial applications AU - Wisam J. Aziz AU - Randa K. Hussain AU - Ibrahim Abbas Ibrahim PY - 2020 VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 52 EP - 57 JO - Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science مجلة علوم المستنصرية SN - 1814635X 25213520 AB - Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods were fabricated using Cellulose Nano Rods (CNR) as a newstabilizer material. Synthesized of ZnO-CNR nanocomposites, with a molar ratio of ZnO toCNR (1/2g) were prepared in distilled water. The nanocomposites were distinguished using Xray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis), and Field Emission scanning electronmicroscope (FESEM) techniques. XRD data were showed, the ZnO nanorods with a hexagonalwurtzite structure such readily scattered inside CNR with an average size 20-40nm. (FESEM)images showed the homogenous morphology of Zinc oxide rods. The optimum ratio of ZnOCNR was selected to be the tiny size of the ZnO nanorods that yielded a good stabilizer materialand antibacterial activity. The ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectrum of the ZnOCNR nanocomposites appeared absorption peaks in the ultraviolet region at (350-360 nm)wavelength attributes with the energy gap of (3.41eV) of ZnO-CNR. The antibacterial activitiesof samples have been investigated against the Gram-positive (pneumonia) and gram-negative(pseudomonas). The maximum antibacterial activities against the Gram-positive (pneumonia) ofZnO nanorods and of ZnO- cellulose nanorods are 16mm and 22mm respectively. The optimumanti-bacterial activities versus the Gram-negative (pseudomonas) of zinc oxide nanorods andzinc oxide- cellulose nanorods are 17mm and 19mm respectively. The optimum anti-bacterialactivities versus the Gram-negative (pseudomonas) of zinc oxide nanosheet and of zinc oxidecellulose nanorods are 17mm and 22mm

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