Table 1.

Full factorial design run matrix and the obtained multiple responses.

Run Number **	Independent Variables		Dependent Variables (Responses for Optimization)
	ZnO-NPs	SA	WVTR	%EB	TS	Inhibitory Zone (cm)
	(%, w/w)	(%, w/w)	(g/m2/day)		(kPa)	B. cereus	S. aureus	E. coli
1	1	5	28.59	38	40.6	0.98	0.75	1.08
2	3	0	26.98	54.2	72.5	1.10	1.03	1.13
3	0	5	43.26	20.4	7.8	0.73	0.77	0.75
4	3	5	26.8	29.5	52	0.93	0.88	0.85
5	1	0	29.48	68.0	50.8	1.22	1.15	1.15
6	0	0	48.7	32.3	24.3	0.72	0.82	0.68
7	3	0	27.23	50.3	83.2	1.00	0.97	1.12
8	1	0	29.29	59.1	56.9	1.22	1.23	1.18
9	0.5	0	40.24	41.3	28.5	0.80	0.97	1.00
10	1	5	27.48	35.0	43.3	0.87	0.85	1.07
11	1	0	29.39	56.2	47.9	1.18	1.10	1.20
12	3	0	27.48	57.7	65.2	0.98	1.17	1.02
13	0.5	5	39.44	31.3	20.5	0.83	0.82	0.82
14	0	0	45.96	33.3	24.3	0.65	0.72	0.63
15	0	5	41.2	20.4	9.1	0.63	0.72	0.73
16	0.5	5	39.7	32.4	10.4	0.72	0.87	0.88
17	0	0	49.45	30.6	25.3	0.70	0.83	0.68
18	0.5	0	40.83	41.7	31.7	0.83	1.22	0.9
19	1	5	26.98	30	38.6	0.85	0.68	0.92
20	0	5	42.53	21.2	7.7	0.73	0.70	0.70
21	0.5	0	41.66	43.6	28.7	0.83	1.08	1.02
22	3	5	26.15	29.4	59.1	0.88	0.98	0.83
23	0.5	5	39.47	31.9	19.3	0.80	0.95	0.83
24	3	5	26.69	27.3	53.6	0.95	0.78	0.85

Note: ** The order of run number was randomized using the software DX13.