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Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles by Co-Precipitation with Flueggea leucopyrus Willd Leaves Extract and Testing of their Antimicrobial Activity


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1 Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
 

This study was made to synthesize Copper Nanoparticles using the Flueggea leucopyrus Willd leaves extract. UV-Visible characterizes nanoparticles, and Fourier transforms infrared (FT-IR), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Electron Dispersion X-ray (EDX) techniques. SEM and TEM studies show the morphological and structural properties of formed green NPs. DLS offers the average size in the Nanometer range, and particle stability is measured by Zeta potential. The Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faces and the Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria culture for test antimicrobial activity of newly formed Copper Nanoparticles.

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Flueggea leucopyrus; Copper nanoparticles; Zeta potential; antimicrobia
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Authors

Anita Kumari
Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
Pratibha
Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
Ashwini Singh
Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
Ramhari Meena
Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
Nighat Fahmi
Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

Abstract


This study was made to synthesize Copper Nanoparticles using the Flueggea leucopyrus Willd leaves extract. UV-Visible characterizes nanoparticles, and Fourier transforms infrared (FT-IR), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Electron Dispersion X-ray (EDX) techniques. SEM and TEM studies show the morphological and structural properties of formed green NPs. DLS offers the average size in the Nanometer range, and particle stability is measured by Zeta potential. The Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faces and the Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria culture for test antimicrobial activity of newly formed Copper Nanoparticles.

Keywords


Flueggea leucopyrus; Copper nanoparticles; Zeta potential; antimicrobia

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