Synthesis of Glass Nanocomposite Powders: Structure, Thermal, and Antibacterial Study

The aim of the present study is to synthesize CaOoGeO glass nanocomposite powders. The samples are prepared at 1450°C, and to investigate the structure of the samples, differential thermal analysis (DTA), X-ray diffraction, and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy are used. The main crystallizing phase is found to be CaGeO crystals. Furthermore, the potential antibacterial properties of the materials towards the Gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli, are preliminarily studied.