Jeong, Eunhoo Ul Kim, Chan Byun, Jeehye Lee, Jiho Kim, Hyung-Eun Kim, Eun-Ju Choi, Kyoung Jin Hong, Seok Won 2024-01-19T18:00:57Z 2024-01-19T18:00:57Z 2021-09-05 2020-04 0048-9697 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/118813 Although zinc oxide nanorod (ZnO NR) arrays are a nanomaterial that offers effluent bactericidal activity, they have not been systematically evaluated to quantitatively investigate their disinfection mechanism under dark conditions. In this study, ZnO NR arrays of different lengths (0.5-4 mu m) were uniformly grown via hydrothermal synthesis. The longer arrays exhibited higher Escherichta coil (E. colt) inactivation efficiency up to 94.2% even under darkness for 30 min. When the NR arrays were coated via Al2O3 atomic layer deposition, the inactivation efficiency was decreased to 56.4% because the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the leaching of Zn2+ ions were both hindered by the surficial coverage of defect sites. The morphological effect, i.e., the mechanical rupture of E. cotton the surface, contributed 56.4%. of the bactericidal efficiency; chemical effects, i.e., ROS formation and zinc ion release, contributed the remaining 37.8% under dark conditions. The bactericidal effect of fabricated ZnO NR arrays was further validated in bottled and pond water spiked with E. colt, exhibiting 87.5% and 80.4% inactivation efficiencies, respectively, within 30 min. Understanding these antibacterial mechanisms is not only of significance for research in this and related fields but also beneficial for potential application in various fields, e.g., biomedical and antifouling areas. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. English ELSEVIER Quantitative evaluation of the antibacterial factors of ZnO nanorod arrays under dark conditions: Physical and chemical effects on Escherichia coil inactivation Article 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136574 1 SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, v.712 SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 712 N scie scopus 000512369600118 2-s2.0-85077739910 Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences & Ecology Article MORPHOLOGY OXIDATION GRAPHENE DEFECTS WATER DISINFECTION ORGANIC-MATTER ZINC-OXIDE MECHANISM NANOMATERIALS DEGRADATION Antibacterial mechanisms Atomic layer deposition Morphology Reactive oxygen species Zinc oxide nanorods