ZnO tetrapods were synthesized by thermal oxidation technique under atmospheric pressure to forming as microstructural scale for increasing a high surface to volume ratio which effects to higher reaction rate. ZnO was mixed in nutrient broth (NB) by varies ZnO concentration from 1000 ppm to 500000 ppm. E. coli was growth in mixed NB under temperature of 37 oC for 24 h. The bacterial growth was investigated by a measurement of optical density (OD) using UV-Visible spectrophotometer at wavelength of 600 nm. It was showed that the OD decreasing as a linear function of ZnO concentration at the concentration in range of 1000 ppm to 50000 ppm. Moreover it was rapidly decreased at the concentration are 100000 ppm and 500000 ppm. The result shows the bacterial growth has been decreased. Therefore we concluded that ZnO tetrapods have an inhibition potential for E. coli.

Indium tin oxide thin films were deposited by DC magnetron sputtering from In2O3 and SnO2 as a ceramic target with 10 wt% of SnO2. The films were sputtered under pressure of 2?10-3 torr power density of 1.23 W/cm2 and substrate temperature of 200 oC. The main goal is to improve the optical properties of ITO thin films by using a mixture of oxygen and argon gasses with O2/Ar ratios varies from 0.0 to 0.5. The best average values of optical properties in the visible light region were found at the O2/Ar ratio of 0.2. The highest transmittance was 90.68% and the lowest reflectance was 9.42%. The result showed reflectance decreased by 5.52% compared to the films sputtered with only Ar.