Preparation and Study of Optical, Thermal, and Antibacterial Properties of Vanadate - Tellurite Glass
Preparation and Study of Optical, Thermal, and Antibacterial Properties of Vanadate - Tellurite Glass
Preparation and Study of Optical, Thermal, and Antibacterial Properties of Vanadate - Tellurite Glass
• Tellurite glass .
• Vanadium improves the semi-conducting
properties ) .
• Sodium oxide soda (Na2O) , Calcium
oxide lime (CaO) network modifiers.
• antibacterial agents like (silver (Ag+),
copper (Cu2+), and zinc (Zn2+) ) .
Glass preparation , XRD and Physical
measurements
• (90-X) TeO2- 5 CaO -5 Na2O- X V2O5) where x=5, 10, 15 and 20 mol% was prepared by
conventional melt cast-quenching technique (800–850 °C).
• Samples were identified by X-ray diffraction technique (XRD) to ensure the glassy
state.
• The density (ρ)and the number of bonds per unit volume(𝒏𝒃 ) decreased while molar
ഥ ) increased
volume , oxygen packing density (OPD) and stretching force constant (𝑭
with increasing V2O5 mol %.
5.2 34
molar volume (cm3)
5.15 33.5
Density (g\cm3)
5.1 33
5.05 32.5
5 Density
32
4.95
31.5
4.9 Molar volume
4.85 31
4.8 30.5
4.75 30
4.7 29.5
0 5 10 15 20 25
V2O5 content (mol%)
UV/VIS absorption spectra and DSC
measurements
• Optical measurements proved that optical energy band gap decreased while Urbach
energy and refractive index increased with V2O5 mol% increases .
• The thermal stability (S), and glass factor tendency (Kg) were found to increase and
the thermodynamic fragilities F decrease with the increasing of V2O5 mol% while,
generally activation energies decreased due to the formation of non-bridging
oxygen NBO's.
pH measurements and Antibacterial properties
• The antibacterial potential of V2O5 added in all TVCN increased significantly (P < 0.01)
by increasing the concentrations of V2O5 for all tested bacterial pathogens. All TVCN
showed the highest antibacterial effect on L.monocytogenes in comparison with the
other tested bacterial strains.
• It was found that the magnitude of the pH drop increases with the increase in glass
dissolution rate and vanadium content.
• So far, V2O5 is not reported yet as an
antibacterial agent in combination with any
type of glass.
• Antibacterial potential of tellurite glass and
non-tellurite glass incorporated with metals
against S. enterica serovar Typhimurium had
not been reported yet.