Optimization of Antibacterial, Structures, and Thermal Properties of Alginate-ZrO₂ Bionanocomposite by the Taguchi Method

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Scanning electron microscopy images of alginate biopolymers (a), zirconia NPs (b), alginate/zirconia nanocomposites (c), and the histogram of particle size distribution curves of zirconia NPs (d).

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