Figure 6.

Quantitative evaluation for antiseptic property against planktonic bacteria.

Notes: (A) Antibacterial rates of planktonic Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus for the five specimens in TSB medium; (B) antibacterial rates of planktonic Gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the five specimens in TSB medium; (C) antibacterial rates of planktonic Gram-positive S. aureus for the five specimens in TSB + GSH medium; (D) antibacterial rates of planktonic Gram-negative P. aeruginosa for the five specimens in TSB + GSH medium. **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 vs glass; ^#P<0.05, ^###P<0.001 vs V0; $P<0.05, ^$$P<0.01, ^$$$P<0.001 vs V3; ^&&P<0.01, ^&&&P<0.001 vs V4. Data expressed as means ± standard deviation (n=3).

Abbreviations: V0, homogeneous vanadium metal nanoparticles deposited on quartz glass; V3, homogeneous V₂O₃ nanoparticles deposited on quartz glass; V4, homogeneous VO₂ nanoparticles deposited on quartz glass; V5, homogeneous V₂O₅ nanoparticles deposited on quartz glass; Rap, antibacterial rates of planktonic bacteria; TSB, trypticase soy broth; GSH, glutathione.