, and the turbidity of the water is decreased to 0.51 NTU, which is below the maximum permissible of Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality designed by the World Health Organization. Sterilization mechanism studies show that the ZnO NPs can cause excessive oxidative stress in cells, inducing bacteria to produce large amounts of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), which leads to the apoptosis of the bacteria.
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