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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Evaluation of Photocatalytic, Antioxidant, and Antibacterial Efficacy of Almond Oil Capped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles.

Iqra Ramzan, Mahwish Bashir, Adnan Saeed, Babar Shahzad Khan, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Merajuddin Khan, Baji Shaik, Mujeeb Khan

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Iqra RamzanDepartment of Physics, Government College Women University, Sialkot 51310, Pakistan.
Mahwish BashirDepartment of Physics, Government College Women University, Sialkot 51310, Pakistan.
Adnan SaeedDepartment of Physics, Government College Women University, Sialkot 51310, Pakistan.
Babar Shahzad KhanDepartment of Physics, Government College Women University, Sialkot 51310, Pakistan.
Mohammed Rafi ShaikDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2937-317X
Merajuddin KhanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0087-0669
Baji ShaikSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea.
Mujeeb KhanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4088-6913

Funding

Researchers Supporting Project number, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia RSPD2023R665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized in the presence of almond oil at various molar ratios of zinc acetate and sodium hydroxide, including 0.5:1, 0.75:1, 1:1, 1.25:1, and 1.5:1, to obtain pH values of 11, 10, 9, 8, and 7, respectively. The XRD results revealed that ZnO NPs exhibit a hexagonal structure, with high crystallinity. SEM results showed that dense and large sized ZnO NPs were formed at pH 11, and relatively small (~30-40 nm) NPs were obtained at pH 9. The size distribution can be explained in terms of the presence of OH- ions at different pH levels. However, the larger size of the NPs at pH 7 compared to those at pH 8-11 were due to the coalescence of NPs suitable for antioxidant/antibacterial activities. ZnO NPs demonstrated a high degradation efficiency (~93%) in 90 min, with a high rate constant for Methyl Orange (MO), which is better than the previously reported rate. The larger sized almond oil capped ZnO NPs also showed excellent radical scavenging activity (94%) and are proven to be good carriers to resist

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almond oilantibacterialantioxidantmolar ratiophotocatalyticsolvothermalZnO

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PMCPMC10381886

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