Okeniyi, Joshua Olusegun and Popoola, A. P. I. and Ojewumi, M. E. and Okeniyi, Elizabeth Toyin and Ikotun, Jacob Olumuyiwa (2018) Tectona grandis Capped Silver-Nanoparticle Material Effects on Microbial Strains Inducing Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion. International Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018. pp. 1-6.
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ThispaperinvestigatesTectonagrandis cappedsilvernanoparticlematerialeffectsonthemicrobialstrainsinducingmicrobiologicallyinfluencedcorrosion(MIC)ofmetals.Leaf-extractfromTectonagrandis naturalplantwasusedasaprecursorforthesynthesis ofsilver-nanoparticlematerial,whichwascharacterisedbyascanningelectronmicroscopyhavingEnergyDispersionSpectroscopy (SEM+EDS)facility.SensitivityandresistancestudiesbythesynthesizedTectonagrandis cappedsilvernanoparticlematerialon threeGram-positiveandthreeGram-negative,thustotallingsix,MICinducingmicrobialstrainswerethenstudiedandcompared withwhatwasobtainedfromacontrolantibioticchemical.Resultsshowedthatallthemicrobialstrainsstudiedweresensitiveto the Tectona grandis capped silver nanoparticle materials whereas two strains of microbes, a Gram-positive and a Gram-negative strain,wereresistanttothecommercialantibioticchemical.TheseresultssuggestpositiveprospectsonTectonagrandiscappedsilver nanoparticleusageincorrosioncontrol/protectionapplicationsonmetallicmaterialsforthemicrobialcorrosionenvironment
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Modupe Elizabeth Ojewumi |
| Date Deposited: | 24 May 2018 13:55 |
| Last Modified: | 24 May 2018 14:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/10827 |
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