Hydrothermal implementation with Zirconia: synthesis, characterization and investigation of biocidal activity of Ag/ZrO₂ nanocomposites

In the present work, silver-doped zirconium oxide nanocomposites were synthesized by hydrothermal method and characterized by XRD, FTIR, FESEM and EDX techniques. The existence of zirconium and silver in the finished nanocomposites from the produced material is investigated using XRD and FTIR. The estimated particle diameter size range for crystallites is 10-16 nm. In addition, the obtained Ag/ZrO2 nanocomposites were analyzed the biocidal activity of two separate bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), and two separate fungal Aspergillus niger (A. niger), Candida albecans, pure AgO, ZrO2 and Ag doped ZrO2 nanocomposites were also examined. This Ag doped ZrO2 (10 %) nanocomposites have a larger zone of inhibition than other human diseases, according to the results of the biocidal activity.