GREEN SYNTHESIS OFZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES ANDITS CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES

Abstract

Michelia Champaka L.leaf extract mediated synthesis of nanoparticles by cost efficient method, as implementation of zinc nitrate as precursor material. Characterization includes FTIR, UV Visible Spectroscopy, SEM, HR-TEM. The nanomaterial synthesized possessed nano size of 40-80 nm with spherical and crystalline nature as characterized through Scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), High Resolution Transmission electron microscopyrevels nature of nanoparticles as spherical, dark shaded flowers, spindle shaped and extremely crystalline with an average size of 40 nm. Elemental diffraction spectroscopy (EDAX) shows Zn =16.48 % and O = 46.10 %. UV Vis spectroscopy gives ?max = 325nm of zinc oxide nanoparticles and 328 nm of leaf extract. Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) show functional groups of ZnOnanoparticles and M. Champaka leaf extract. This technique of nano fusion is green and effective as the high quantity of nanomaterial obtained at low cost.