Stan Alina, Munteanu Cornel, Musuc Adina Magdalena, Birjega Ruxandra, Ene Ramona, Ianculescu Adelina, Raut Iulia, Jecu Luiza, Badea Doni Mihaela, Anghel Elena Maria, Carp Oana
Romanian Academy, "Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania.
Dalton Trans. 2015 May 7;44(17):7844-53. doi: 10.1039/c5dt00707k.
A bioinspired one-pot approach for the synthesis of ZnO-carbohydrate hierarchical architectures was developed. The synergy between a saccharide (mono-, di- or polysaccharide) that contains d-glucose units and triethanolamine is the key parameter of the synthetic methodology. The morphology of the ZnO composites is dictated by the saccharide used, and rod, spindle, solid and hollow spherical-like ZnO structures are obtained by varying the carbohydrate. The synthesized composites present good photocatalytic and antimicrobial activity.
