Biodegradable antimicrobial food packaging: Trends and perspectives

L Motelica, D Ficai, A Ficai, OC Oprea, DA Kaya… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review presents a perspective on the research trends and solutions from recent years in
the domain of antimicrobial packaging materials. The antibacterial, antifungal, and …

A review of microwave synthesis of zinc oxide nanomaterials: Reactants, process parameters and morphologies

J Wojnarowicz, T Chudoba, W Lojkowski - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a multifunctional material due to its exceptional physicochemical
properties and broad usefulness. The special properties resulting from the reduction of the …

Influence of the alcohols on the zno synthesis and its properties: The photocatalytic and antimicrobial activities

L Motelica, BS Vasile, A Ficai, AV Surdu, D Ficai… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials are used in various health-related applications, from
antimicrobial textiles to wound dressing composites and from sunscreens to antimicrobial …

Antibacterial activity of solvothermal obtained zno nanoparticles with different morphology and photocatalytic activity against a dye mixture: Methylene blue …

L Motelica, OC Oprea, BS Vasile, A Ficai… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we report the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) by forced solvolysis of Zn
(CH3COO) 2· 2H2O in alcohols with a different number of–OH groups. We study the …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradable alginate films with ZnO nanoparticles and citronella essential oil—A novel antimicrobial structure

L Motelica, D Ficai, O Oprea, A Ficai, RD Trusca… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The petroleum-based materials could be replaced, at least partially, by biodegradable
packaging. Adding antimicrobial activity to the new packaging materials can also help …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of the particle size on the antibacterial activity of green synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles using Dysphania ambrosioides extract, supported by …

R Álvarez-Chimal, VI García-Pérez… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacteria-associated infections have increased in recent years due to treatment resistance
developed by these microorganisms. Due to the high antibacterial capacity associated with …

Innovative antimicrobial chitosan/ZnO/Ag NPs/citronella essential oil nanocomposite—Potential coating for grapes

L Motelica, D Ficai, A Ficai, RD Truşcă, CI Ilie… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
New packaging materials based on biopolymers are gaining increasing attention due to
many advantages like biodegradability or existence of renewable sources. Grou** more …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles for water purification

A Spoială, CI Ilie, RD Trușcă, OC Oprea, VA Surdu… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized through a simple co-precipitation
method starting from zinc acetate dihydrate and sodium hydroxide as reactants. The as …

Antibacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles loaded with essential oils

L Motelica, BS Vasile, A Ficai, AV Surdu, D Ficai… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
One major problem with the overuse of antibiotics is that the microorganisms acquire
resistance; thus the dose must be increased unsustainably. To overcome this problem …

Antibacterial mechanism of ZnO nanoparticles under dark conditions

A Joe, SH Park, KD Shim, DJ Kim, KH Jhee… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2017 - Elsevier
To evaluate the antibacterial activity of zinc oxide (ZnO) in the absence of a light source, we
examined three different types of nanoparticles that vary in size and the number of oxygen …