Figure 8.

Qualitative assessment of antimicrobial capacity against adherent bacteria by SEM.

Notes: (A) For Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus, bacterial morphology and biofilm formation on the five samples in TSB (upper) or TSB + GSH (lower) medium; (B) for Gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa, bacterial morphology and biofilm formation on the five samples in TSB (upper) or TSB + GSH (lower) medium. Magnification ×2,000.

Abbreviations: SEM, scanning electron microscopy; 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; TSB, trypticase soy broth; GSH, glutathione.