Research Article

Considerable Variation of Antibacterial Activity of Cu Nanoparticles Suspensions Depending on the Storage Time, Dispersive Medium, and Particle Sizes

Table 5

The most efficient concentrations (mg/L) displaying the maximum antibacterial effect.

Conditions: media and storage timeNanoparticle suspensionNanoparticle suspensionCu2+ solutionC3Cl2N3NaO3 solution
Cu 50Cu 100

H2О 0.5 h0.0001; 10101; 10
H2О 24 h1010
PS 0.5 h0.01; 10101010
PS 24 h1010

Nonlinear toxicity effects.