Multifunctional NaNbO3: Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue and Intrinsic Antimicrobial Activity against Enterococcus faecalis and Candida albicans
Daiane Fernandes, Marcelle M. Silveira, Thissiana da C. Fernandes, Cristiane W. Raubach, Janice L. Giongo, Rodrigo de A. Vaucher, Eduardo C. Moreira, Valmor R. Mastelaro, Sergio da S. Cava · 2026
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Daiane Fernandes and co-authors cooked up sodium niobate rods that both bleach dye and kill microbes, in a 2026 study. The powder was made by a microwave hydrothermal route, then fired, yielding rods about two hundred nanometers wide with two crystal phases mixed and defect-rich surfaces. Light tests and electrochemistry mapped it as an n-type semiconductor with a wide band gap.
Under ultraviolet light the material destroyed methylene blue dye completely. It also acted against two stubborn pathogens, a gut bacterium and a yeast, without needing light for that trick. One cheap powder for water cleaning and infection control is the pitch. Characterization fills most of the paper.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Daiane Fernandes, Marcelle M. Silveira, Thissiana da C. Fernandes, Cristiane W. Raubach, Janice L. Giongo, Rodrigo de A. Vaucher, Eduardo C. Moreira, Valmor R. Mastelaro, Sergio da S. Cava |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |