Abstract
Nanotechnology is a vast field of science with the most vibrant and conspicuous applications. The green synthesis approach is cost-effective, eco-friendly, and produces the most stable metal-based nanoparticles without the use of toxic chemicals. This study presents the green synthesis of iron nanoparticles (FeNPs). For biosynthesis of FeNPs, Phoenix dactylifera extract was used as a reducing agent and iron sulfate heptahydrate (FeSO4·7H2O) was used as a substrate. FeNPs were characterized by different techniques including UV–Visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and nano zeta-sizer analysis. The antimicrobial activity of FeNPs synthesized by using an aqueous extract of Phoenix dactylifera was evaluated against Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus leutus, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. A notable color change from yellow to black confirmed the synthesis of FeNPs. The sharp peak at 450 nm UV–Visible spectroscopy confirmed the synthesis of FeNPs. FTIR showed the presence of O–H and C=C stretching due to the presence of phenol and alkene functional groups. The average size of FeNPs was 6092 d.nm. The results of antimicrobial activity showed that FeNPs exhibit different potential against different bacterial strains with a maximum 25 ± 0.360 zone of inhibition against Escherichia coli. Thus, green synthesized FeNPs could be used as potential antimicrobial agents.
Highlights
Nanotechnology is a vast field of science with the most vibrant and conspicuous applications
Synthesis of FeNPs was confirmed by a notable color change of the sample from yellow to black and initially characterized by UV Visible Spectrophotometer with a sharp peak at 450 nm
Further characterization of green synthesized FeNPs was done through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and nano Zeta-sizer for detection of the responsible functional group of phytochemical constituents of the Phoenix dactylifera extract and size of synthesized FeNPs respectively
Summary
Nanotechnology is a vast field of science with the most vibrant and conspicuous applications. The green synthesis approach is cost-effective, eco-friendly, and produces the most stable metal-based nanoparticles without the use of toxic chemicals. Nanotechnology has emerged as an exciting field of research in modern sciences and provides different types of products including nanoparticles, nanorods, or nanotubes with different dimensions. All these nano-sized products have different specific roles. Metallic nanoparticles are widely used in several fields including the textile industry, food industry, agriculture, health sector, and cosmetics They exhibit high surface area due to their extremely small size. Biological synthesis involves fungi, bacteria, viruses, and plants as reducing agents Among all these sources, the plant-based green synthesis approach gains more attention due to the easy handling. This interrelation between plant science and nanotechnology is termed “green nanotechnology”[11]
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