Synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles by an effective combustion method

Nanoparticles play an important role in the advancement of manufacturing technologies and the emergence of new synthesis methods. With the usability of their exceptional properties and qualities in different scientific and industrial applications, the developments in this area have increased rapidly. Nanoparticles are widely used in industrial areas, especially in the industries of electric-electronic, biomedical, automotive and chemical. Of all the transition metal oxides, CuO and ZnO are the most important nanoparticles which find many area of use in many various practices thanks to their exceptional properties. In this study, experimental studies have been performed in order to absolutize the stoichiometric rates of oxidizing agent and fuel by using CuO and ZnO nanoparticles and by taking literature and application studies into consideration. In order to determine their phase structures, examine their microstructural properties and identify their particle sizes, both CuO and ZnO have been characterized with X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and particle size pattern analyzer. Their optical properties have been examined with UV-visible spectrophotometer analysis. Gram negative bacteria and gram positive bacteria have been applied by using minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal/bacteriostatic tests of the nanoparticles of CuO and ZnO and their antibacterial proterties have been analyzed.