Sulfidation of sea urchin-like zinc oxide nanospheres: Kinetics, mechanisms, and impacts on growth of Escherichia coli

Nanoscale zinc oxide (n-ZnO) with different morphology and sizes has been used in personal care products due to their antibacterial properties, resulting in discharge of n-ZnO into the environment with potential toxic effect to ecological systems. Sulfidation is one of pathways of transformation of n-ZnO, but a very limited information on the conversion of n-ZnO under sulfidic environment with special morphology such as sea urchin-like zinc...