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Green synthesis of magnetic Fe3O4 nanoflakes using vegetables extracts and their magnetic, structural and antibacterial properties evaluation

  • Farzana Majid , Mahwish Bashir , Ismat Bibi EMAIL logo , Maida Ayub , Babar Shahzad Khan , Hamoud H. Somaily , Samiah H. Al-Mijalli , Arif Nazir , Shahid Iqbal and Munawar Iqbal EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: August 25, 2023
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 237 Issue 9

Abstract

In view of ecobenign nature of green synthesis, iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoflakes are synthesized via a green route. Three different vegetables (spinach, broccoli and pumpkin) extracts were used for the synthesis of Fe3O4 nanoflakes. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses confirm the formation of face centered cubic Fe3O4, while SEM analysis revealed the formation of nanoflakes. FTIR also confirm the Fe–O bands at 478 and 590 (cm−1) and the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) was observed at 280 nm. The magnetic properties were also investigated and Fe3O4 prepared using spinach extract shows relatively low saturation magnetization (Ms) of ∼66 emu/g as compared to pumpkin (105 emu/g) and broccoli (130 emu/g) with ∼25Oe coercivity value. The antibacterial activity of Fe3O4 nanoflakes was studied against Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a highly promising antibacterial activity was observed. Results revealed that the Fe3O4 nanoflakes prepared via a green route could have potential applications in biomedical field.

Keywords: antibacterial activity; broccoli; Fe3O4; green synthesis; pumpkin; spinach
Corresponding author: Ismat Bibi, Institute of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, E-mail: ; and Munawar Iqbal, Department of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2023R158), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This work was supported by King Khalid University through a grant (KKU/RCAMS/22) under the Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS) at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

  4. Research funding: This research was funded by Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2023R158), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  5. Data availability: Not applicable.

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Received: 2022-07-15
Accepted: 2023-08-02
Published Online: 2023-08-25
Published in Print: 2023-09-26

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Keywords for this article
antibacterial activity; broccoli; Fe3O4; green synthesis; pumpkin; spinach

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