Disclosing the Biocide Activity of α-Ag_2-2xCu_xWO₄ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.16) Solid Solutions.

ABSTRACT: In this work, α-Ag_2-2xCu_xWO₄ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.16) solid solutions with enhanced antibacterial (against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and antifungal (against Candida albicans) activities are reported. A plethora of techniques (X-ray diffraction with Rietveld refinements, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, micro-Raman spectroscopy, attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, photoluminescence emissions, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) were employed to characterize the as-synthetized samples and determine the local coordination geometry of Cu²⁺ cations at the orthorhombic lat

SUBMITTER: Pereira PFDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9504239 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature