Characterization of Enhanced Antibacterial Effects of Silver Loaded Cerium Oxide Catalyst

Silver-cerium nanoparticles had been successfully synthesized using the sol-gel method by silver nitrate as a source of silver and cerium nitrate hexahydrate as a source of cerium. The synthesized silver-cerium nanoparticles had been characterized by X-ray diffraction,transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray. Based on the results of XRD and TEM analysis showed silver-cerium nanoparticles were spherical with the dominant size range of 8.9 -12.73 nm. SEM-EDX analysis showed silver nanoparticles covered by cerium nanoparticles that were known as the core-shell structure. Silver nanoparticles doped with cerium nanoparticles (CeONP) showed an increase in inhibitory with an increase a zone of inhibition after being doped with cerium nanoparticles. The disinfection effect of Ag-doped CeONP was more pronounced on Staphylococcus aureus than Escherichia coli, although the difference was not wide.