TITLE:
Effect on Optical and Antibacterial Activity of SnO2 and CuO Blended SnO2 Nanoparticles
AUTHORS:
Suresh Gopal, Baskaran Iruson, Sathyaseelan Balaraman, Senthilnathan Krishnmoorthy, Manikandan Elayaperumal
KEYWORDS:
SnO2, CuO Doped SnO2, Physiochemical Properties, Microbiological Activity
JOURNAL NAME:
Soft Nanoscience Letters,
Vol.13 No.2,
January
31,
2023
ABSTRACT: Nanocrystalline SnO2 and CuO doped with SnO2 were prepared by the co-precipitation method and characterized for different physiochemical properties and microbiological activity. The composition and morphological formation were characterized by XRD, HRTEM, Raman, FTIR, and UV-vis spectroscopy. The Powder X-ray analysis reveals that Sn4+ ions have substituted the Cu2+ ions without changing the monoclinic structure of SnO2 but the average particle size of the SnO2 and CuO doped SnO2 samples from 11 and 5 nm respectively. However, it exhibits an inhibiting strong bacterial growth against tested bacterial strains.