Visible-light-responsive ZnCuO nanoparticles: benign photodynamic killers of infectious protozoans
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Visible-light-responsive ZnCuO nanoparticles: benign photodynamic killers of infectious protozoans
Human beings suffer from several infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoans. Recently, there has been a great interest in developing biocompatible nanostructures to deal with infectious agents. This study investigated benign ZnCuO nanostructures that were visible-light-responsive due to the resident copper in the lattice. The nanostructures were synthesized through a size-contr...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Nanomedicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1178-2013
DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s91666