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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3314</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13226</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Microwave-Assisted Solvothermal Synthesis of Tungsten Oxide (WO3) Nanoparticles for Microbial Inhibition&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S</surname><given-names>Harini</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kale</surname><given-names>S.C.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Narawane</surname><given-names>Jayashri</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pawar</surname><given-names>Jayant</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Masurkar</surname><given-names>Snehal</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ruikar</surname><given-names>Shilpa</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>16</day><month>01</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>76</fpage><lpage>79</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Tungsten oxide is an n-type semiconductor which possesses the bandgap of 2.6 __ampersandsignndash; 2.8 eV at room temperature. Additionally, tungsten oxide has the absorption capacity of 480 nm in the visible region resulted from its photocatalytic property. Objective: To synthesize and evaluate tungsten oxide nanoparticles for microbial inhibition. Methods: Microwave-assisted synthesis of tungsten oxide nanoparticles was carried out by solvothermal route for the development of antibacterial agent. 1 M Sodium Tungstate Dihydrate was dissolved in 100 mL distilled water which was then mixed with 20 mL of 0.1 M NaOH and the Conc. HCL was added into the reaction mixture. The precipitation of yellow colour was collected and rinsed with purified water three times. During 8 hours at 60oC and 4 hours, the precipitate having undergone drying and calcination to get tungsten oxide powder. Results: The yellow colour precipitate was obtained after the reaction, which was characterized by UV- Vis Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The __ampersandsignlambda;max was found to be at 364 nm and bandgap calculated as 3.41 eV. Conclusion: Antibacterial efficacy was determined by anti-well diffusion assay against E. coli and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. The bacterial cultures were found to be sensitive for WO3 NPs at a concentration of 1000 __ampersandsignmicro;g/mL. The E. coli was more sensitive for WO3 NPs compared to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Microwave-assisted method</kwd><kwd> Solvothermal synthesis</kwd><kwd> Tungsten oxide</kwd><kwd> E. coli</kwd><kwd> Pseudomonas Aeruginosa</kwd><kwd> Microbial inhibition</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
