Comparative Assessment of Antimicrobial Efficiency of Ionic Silver, Silver Monoxide, and Metallic Silver Incorporated onto an Aluminum Oxide Nanopowder Carrier

<table>SEM images obtained for the nanopowders such as Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Ag<sup>+</sup> (a), Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Ag<sub>2</sub>O (b), and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Ag (c) produced by using consecutive stages of the dry sol-gel method. The silver content in the final product was 0.0 wt% (samples marked with 0), 0.30 wt% (samples marked with 1), 1.35 wt% (samples marked with 2), 2.84 wt% (samples marked with 3), and 12.55 wt% (samples marked with 4).</table>

Journal of Nanoscience

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Figure 4: Comparative Assessment of Antimicrobial Efficiency of Ionic Silver, Silver Monoxide, and Metallic Silver Incorporated onto an Aluminum Oxide Nanopowder Carrier 

Figure 4 | Comparative Assessment of Antimicrobial Efficiency of Ionic Silver, Silver Monoxide, and Metallic Silver Incorporated onto an Aluminum Oxide Nanopowder Carrier 