BIOSYNTHESIS OF PVA ENCAPSULATED SILVER NANOPARTICLES

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Title:	BIOSYNTHESIS OF PVA ENCAPSULATED SILVER NANOPARTICLES
Authors:	Sharmila, Chandran Vinuppriya, Ravichandran Selvi, Chandran Jincy, Chemmanda Bellan, Chandarshekar
Keywords:	Silvernanoparticles Ocimumsanctum PVA Antibacterialstudies
Issue Date:	1-Oct-2016
Publisher:	Journal of Applied Research and Technology
Abstract:	Greensynthesisofmetalnanoparticlesisanimportanttechniqueinthemethodsofeco friendlynanoparticleproduction.ThesynthesisofsilvernanoparticleswasaccomplishedusingOcimumsanctumleafextractatroomtemperature.Theseparticleswerethenencapsulatedwithpolyvinylalcohol(PVA)polymermatrix.ThepresenceofsilverwasconfirmedbydifferentcharacterizationtechniquessuchasUV–visspectroscopy,Fouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy(FTIR)andX-RayDiffraction(XRD).Scanningelectronmicroscopic(SEM)imagesofthesynthesizedpowdershowssphericalshapedsilvernanoparticlesembeddedinsponge-likepolymermatrix.TheenergydispersiveX-rayanalysisconfirmsthepresenceofelementalsilveralongwithironsignal.EnergydispersivesignalcorrespondingtoelementalironhasbeenattributedtoO.sanctumplant.ThesilvernanoparticlesinPVAmatrixthusobtainedshowshighantibacterialactivityagainstgrampositiveStaphylococcusaureus(S.aureus)andgramnegativeEscherichiacoli(E.coli)waterbornebacteria.TheinhibitionzoneagainstS.aureusandE.coliwerealsocalculated
URI:	https://jart.icat.unam.mx/index.php/jart/article/view/22/22
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