ZINC BASED ANTIBACTERIAL FORMULATIONS FOR COSMETIC APPLICATIONS.

Silica based materials are widely used in both medical and non-medical applications. Silica is recommended for many applications because of the high biocompatibility, low price, and high functionalization affinity. The purpose of this paper is to obtain antibacterial silica and further its inclusion in different cosmetic formulations. The synthesis of silica network was done by starting from TEOS and sodium silicate. The obtained antiseptic materials were characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM as well as by studying the antibacterial behavior against E. coli. The antibacterial activity is induced by the presence of zinc oxide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]