In Situ Generation of Zinc Oxide Nanobushes on Microneedles as Antibacterial Coating. (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chew, Sharon W. T.; Zeng, Yongpeng; Cui, Mingyue; Chang, Hao; Zheng, Mengjia; Wei, Shi; Zhao, Wenting; Xu, Chenjie
• Is Part Of: SLAS technology. Volume 24:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 187
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: zinc oxide nanobushes -- antibacterial coating -- microneedles -- skin; Medical laboratory technology -- Periodicals; Laboratories -- Equipment and supplies -- Periodicals; Diagnosis, Laboratory -- Periodicals; 616.075
• DOI: 10.1177/2472630318812350
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2472-6303

Abstract

This paper introduces a facile and scalable method to generate a layer of antibacterial coating on microneedles. The antibacterial coating (i.e., zinc oxide nanobushes) is generated on the surface of gold-coated polystyrene microneedles using the hydrothermal growth method. The antimicrobial property is examined using the agar diffusion test with both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.