Research Article

Antibacterial Shoe Insole-Coated CuO-ZnO Nanocomposite Synthesized by the Sol-Gel Technique

Table 1

The comparison of minimum inhibitory concentrations of ZnO and Cu-ZnO samples against five bacteria.

Concentrations of sampleE. coliB. cereusS. aureusSalmonellaP. aeruginosa
ZnOCu-ZnOZnOCu-ZnOZnOCu-ZnOZnOCu-ZnOZnOCu-ZnO

++++++++-+
++-+++++-+
++-+++++-+
++--++-+--
++--++-+--
++--++-+--
-----+-+--
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 mg·mL-1; +: antibacterial; -: no antibacterial.