Eco-Friendly Synthesis and Characterization of Silver and Zinc Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Extract from the Bark of Antiaris toxicaria
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Silver nanoparticles, zinc nanoparticles, Antiaris toxicaria, characterization, plant, extractAbstract
Communication in Physical Sciences, 2024, 12(1): 149-161
Authors: Thomas Ndidi Asiwe, Idongesit Bassey Anweting*, Atim Sunday Johnson, Nzikahyel Simon and Solomon Enejo Shaibu
Received: 12 September 2024/Accepted 03 December 2024
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and zinc nanoparticles (ZnNPs) were synthesized by a cheap, rapid, and eco-friendly method using aqueous bark extract of Antiaris toxicaria as both the reducing and capping agents. The synthesized AgNPs and ZnNPs were characterized using a UV-visible spectroscopy, Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The metal ions (M+) were rapidly reduced from M+ to M0 by the aqueous bark extract of Antiaris toxicaria, forming AgNPs and ZnNPs with sizes ranging between 1- 100 nm. The diffraction peaks were indexed to the face-centered cubic (fcc) phase of silver and zinc, indicating that the synthesized AgNPs and ZnNPs were crystalline in nature. Absorption spectra of AgNPs and ZnNPs showed a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak around a wavelength of 423 nm and 306 nm respectively. The FTIR spectra revealed distinct peaks at 3295.38 cm-1 attributed to the OH- group which may be responsible for the reduction of M+ to M0 and subsequent formation of metal MNPs, 2104.38 cm-1 corresponding to asymmetric stretching vibrations of methylene (CH2) group in AgNPs, and a sharp peak at 1634.80 cm-1 corresponding to a carbonyl (C=O) group.
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