Shape control of mesoporous silica nanomaterials templated with dual cationic surfactants and their antibacterial
Nanjing Hao1, Xuan Chen1, Kalana W Jayawardana1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 1 University Ave., Lowell, MA 01854, USA. mingdi_yan@uml.edu.
Biomaterials Science
|September 15, 2015
Abstract:
Mesoporous silica nanomaterials of different shapes (film, platelet, sphere, rod) were synthesized simply by tuning the mole ratio of dual cationic surfactant templates, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and tetrabutylammonium iodine (TBAI). The film showed the most potent antibacterial activity against mycobacteria.


