Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Aloe Vera plant for investigation of antibacterial properties

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Chemistry, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Chemistry, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

4 Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

5 Department of Chemistry, Varamin Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, we report the green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles by using the medicinal plant, Aloe Vera. Characterization of the prepared nanoparticles was carried out by various techniques such as field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), elemental analysis (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis), and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR). The synthesized nanoparticles have the hexagonal wurtzite structure of an average grain size of 17 nm confirmed from X-ray diffraction analysis. Studies of antibacterial activity show that the synthesized ZnO nanoparticles have potential applications in this field. For antibacterial studies, we used Bacillus Subtilis and Staphylococcus Aureus as the gram-positive and Escherichia Coli and Salmonella Typhi as the gram-negative bacteria.

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Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Aloe Vera plant for investigation of antibacterial properties

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Advances in Nanochemistry
Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
January 2020
Pages 32-35

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  • Receive Date: 05 November 2019
  • Revise Date: 02 January 2020
  • Accept Date: 04 January 2020

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