Journal
IET NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 154-157Publisher
INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET
DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2015.0035
Keywords
nanoparticles; gold; nanofabrication; botany; catalysis; photochemistry; organic compounds; biofabrication; Lantana camara flower extract; gold nanoparticles fabrication; spherical nanogold; photocatalytic degradation activity; methylene blue; solar light; size 10; 6 nm to 2; 9 nm; Au
Funding
- Prometeo Project of the National Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT), Ecuador
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The present investigation was done to explore the potential of Lantana camara (L. camara) flower in the fabrication of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The shape and size of AuNPs have been successfully controlled by introducing small amounts of L. camara flower extract. It produced spherical nanogold of average size 10.6 +/- 2.9 nm without any aggregation and showed significant photocatalytic degradation activity of the methylene blue (>62%, 10 mg/L) in the presence of solar light. In addition, the experimental approach is inexpensive, rapid and eco-friendly for industrial scale production of nanoparticles.
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