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CITRUS LIMON ASSISTED GREEN SYNTHESIS OF MGO NANOPARTICLES: EVALUATION OF PHASE, FUNCTIONAL GROUPS, SURFACE MORPHOLOGY, THERMAL STABILITY AND COLLOIDAL STABILITY
(Elsevier, 2022-10-01) Vandamar Poonguzhali, R; Srimathi, M; Ranjith Kumar, E; Arunadevi, N; Hosam O., Elansary; Ashraf A.A, Abdelbacki; Shaimaa A.M, Abdelmohsen
Citrus limon (the common lemon juice) assisted green combustion was used to create MgO nanostructures. The powder was heat treated for 3 h at 350 °C, and the as-synthesized and heat treated MgO nanostructures were tested by various techniques to investigate their phase composition, structure, thermal stability, colloidal stability, surface morphology, and antimicrobial activities. XRD was performed to study the single-phase cubic structure of MgO nanostructures, and the XRD results confirmed that the sizes of the MgO nanostructures are in the nanoscale range. The average crystallite sizes for as-synthesized and heat-treated samples are 7.8 nm and 19.2 nm, respectively. The functional groups in the experiment were examined using FTIR in the 400–4000 nm range. Thermal analysis of the MgO nanostructures were recorded through TG-DTA and the results confirm the MgO NPs thermally decomposed at 359.77 °C and 361.86 °C. The colloidal stability of the samples was tested using Zeta potential, it confirms that both samples are stable. The external morphology of as-synthesized and heat-treated samples were visualized through SEM. It confirms that the as-synthesized and heat treated MgO samples are nanostructures. The elemental analysis confirms the presence of Mg and O in both samples. The antimicrobial activity of MgO nanostructures tested by plate count mothed and the heat-treated sample exhibits noticeable antimicrobial performance against G-positive and G-negative bacteria.
LEMON JUICE (NATURAL FUEL) ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF MGO NANORODS FOR LPG GAS SENSOR APPLICATIONS
(Elsevier, 2021-02) Vandamar Poonguzhali, R; Ranjith Kumar, E; Pushpagiri, T; Ananth, Steephen; Arunadevi, N; Baskoutas, S
Lemon juice assisted combustion method was adopted to prepare MgO nanorods. The role of heat treatment on structural, morphological and gas sensing properties of MgO NPs has been analyzed. The phase analyses of the samples were analyzed using X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The single-phase nanostructure of MgO nanoparticles has been identified from the XRD spectra. The average crystallite sizes are found to be in the range 7.8 nm–19.2 nm. The nanorod like structure of MgO has been recorded through SEM and TEM. The size of MgO nanostructure recorded from TEM is well matched with the crystallite size calculated by XRD. The lemon assisted synthesis of MgO nanoparticles show noticeable gas sensing properties for various gases. In different aspects, gas sensing response of MgO nanoparticles have been analyzed for different gases. The maximum sensing response ~70% has been recorded for LPG at the optimum temperature (OT) 300 °C with the gas concentrations 1000 ppm.
NATURAL CITRIC ACID (LEMON JUICE) ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES: EVALUATION OF PHASE COMPOSITION, MORPHOLOGY, OPTICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES
(Elsevier, 2021-08-15) Vandamar Poonguzhali, R; Ranjith Kumar, E; Sumithra, M G; Arunadevi, N; Sharmila Rahale, C; Alaa M, Munshi; Gaber A.M, Mersal; Nashwa M, El-Metwaly
In recent years, because of their excellent electrocatalytic action and applications in different fields, metal oxide nanostructures have received massive consideration from scientists. Zinc oxide nanostructures are useful materials for a range of sensing applications and possess admirable electrocatalytic properties and stability. The current research presents the natural citric acid assisted synthesis of ZnO nanostructures and their structural, optical, morphological and thermal properties. X-ray diffraction was studied for the phase assessment of as prepared (Z1) and annealed ZnO (Z2) nanostructures and the crystallite sizes of the Z1 and Z2 samples were also located in the range between 35 nm and 38 nm. FESEM and TEM experiments were carried out to explore the surface features of Z1 and Z2 samples. The polycrystalline existence of the samples is demonstrated by the hexagonal, cubic and spherical shaped ZnO nanostructures. The energy band gap of Z1 and Z2 samples was determined (3.16 eV for Z1 and 3.12 eV for Z2) from the UV spectrum. The impact of annealing treatment on the thermal stability of ZnO nanostructures was studied and the main peak was observed for the Z1 sample at ~249 °C and for the Z2 sample at ~289 °C.
NATURAL CITRIC ACID ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF CUO NANOPARTICLES: EVALUATION OF STRUCTURAL, OPTICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND COLLOIDAL STABILITY FOR GAS SENSOR APPLICATIONS
(Elsevier, 2022-09-15) Vandamar Poonguzhali, R; Ranjith Kumar, E; Arunadevi, N; Srinivas, Ch.; Mohamed E, Khalifa; Sraa, Abu-Melha; Nashwa M, El-Metwaly
In the present research, natural ingredient lemon juice was selected as a fuel to prepare nanoparticles under combustion method. The structural properties of nanophase copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) synthesized by a natural citric acid aided combustion process were studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). According to the SEM and TEM images, the manufactured product is made up of spherical nanoparticles with a limited size distribution. According to the XRD pattern, the average crystallite size of monoclinic structured CuO nanoparticles was 10.4 nm for as-prepared samples and 20.5 nm for annealed samples. The zeta potential value confirms the negative surface charge of the samples and the values show the excellent stability (-58.1 mV) for as-prepared sample and the good particles stability (-38.3 mV) was exhibited for heat treated sample. The optical band gap of CuO nanoparticles is 2.01 eV and it decreases to 1.28 eV under heat treatment. The sensitivity and selectivity of the samples were tested under different operating temperatures (OT) and different gas concentrations (GC). Recovery-response time plots confirm that the CuO nanoparticles are promising materials for gas sensor fabrications.
NATURAL LEMON EXTRACT ASSISTED GREEN SYNTHESIS OF SPINEL CO3O4 NANOPARTICLES FOR LPG GAS SENSOR APPLICATION
(Elsevier, 2023-02-15) Vandamar Poonguzhali, R; Ranjith Kumar, E; Srinivas, Ch; Mubark, Alshareef; Meshari M, Aljohani; Ali A, Keshk; Nashwa M, El-Metwaly; Arunadevi, N
A fresh lemon juice-assisted auto-combustion method was implemented for the synthesis of Co3O4 nanoparticles (Co3O4 NPs). The structural, vibrational, optical, and morphological properties of prepared Co3O4 NPs were investigated at 350 °C. The effects of lemon juice and heat treatment on the physicochemical properties of Co3O4 nanoparticles were investigated. XRD was used to investigate the structure, lattice constant, and crystallite size of Co3O4 NPs. Heat treatment at 350 °C causes the crystallite size to increase from 14.4 nm to 23.7 nm. FT-IR spectroscopy was used to investigate the functional groups and vibrational modes of unheated and heated Co3O4 NPs. Unheated and heated Co3O4 NPs had energy band gaps of 3.14 eV and 3.4 eV, respectively. TEM micrographs of heat-treated Co3O4 NPs confirm the nanoscale range of the particles, which agrees well with the crystallite size determined by XRD. The colloidal stability of Co3O4 NPs has been analyzed through zeta potential values, and the obtained values confirm that the colloidal stability of Co3O4 NPs was influenced by heat treatment. LPG based sensor behavior of Co3O4 nanoparticles has been tested with various aspects of sensing parameters. The result shows that the prepared nanoparticles can be a promising sensing material for toxic gases like LPG, CO2 and NH3