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ArticleRSC advances2026

Structural, electronic and bioactive profiling of a 2'-hydroxychalcone-Ag composite: a DFT-supported biomedical study on anticancer, antioxidant and antibacterial activities.

Ayesha Latif Butt, Farhat Saira, Safeer Ahmed, Sumbal Tahir, Anila Iqbal, Asima Siddiqa, Kehkashan Mazhar, Syeda Sohaila Naz

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Ayesha Latif ButtDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University 45320 Islamabad Pakistan safeerad@qau.edu.pk.
Farhat SairaNanoscience and Technology Division, National Centre for Physics 44000 Islamabad Pakistan fsghaus@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6486-2601
Safeer AhmedDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University 45320 Islamabad Pakistan safeerad@qau.edu.pk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-2517
Sumbal TahirNanoscience and Technology Division, National Centre for Physics 44000 Islamabad Pakistan fsghaus@gmail.com.
Anila IqbalNanoscience and Technology Division, National Centre for Physics 44000 Islamabad Pakistan fsghaus@gmail.com.
Asima SiddiqaNanoscience and Technology Division, National Centre for Physics 44000 Islamabad Pakistan fsghaus@gmail.com.
Kehkashan MazharInstitute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), KRL Hospital G-9 Islamabad Pakistan.
Syeda Sohaila NazNanoscience and Technology Division, National Centre for Physics 44000 Islamabad Pakistan fsghaus@gmail.com.

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Biocompatible and biologically active nanomaterials are currently in demand. This work presents the synthesis of the medicinally significant fluorophore 2'-hydroxychalcone and its subsequent composite with silver nanoparticles (chal-AgNPs) and their characterization using experimental and theoretical techniques and applications. The active organic functional groups present in the chalcone functioned as reducing and stabilizing agents in the composite with AgNPs by solution chemistry method. FESEM reveals spherically shaped and uniformly scattered nanoparticles with an average diameter of 70 nm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of chalcone-mediated AgNPs confirmed the existence of spherical AgNPs with a crystallite size of 46 nm in a face-centered cubic crystal structure. The surface plasmon resonance of AgNPs was observed at 493 nm in the absorption spectrum. The surface adsorption of chal-AgNPs was further validated by mixing pre-synthesized AgNPs prepared by sodium borohydride reduction with chalcone and real-time monitoring of the UV-visible spectrum. The

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