Analysis of Crystallographic Structures and Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Using PKL Extract and Nanoscale Characterization Techniques

Md Hazrat Ali; Md Abul Kalam Azad; K A Khan; Md Obaidur Rahman; Unesco Chakma; Ajoy Kumer

doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c01261

Analysis of Crystallographic Structures and Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Using PKL Extract and Nanoscale Characterization Techniques

ACS Omega. 2023 Jul 28;8(31):28133-28142. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01261. eCollection 2023 Aug 8.

Authors

Md Hazrat Ali¹, Md Abul Kalam Azad², K A Khan³, Md Obaidur Rahman⁴, Unesco Chakma^{5

6}, Ajoy Kumer⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, European University of Bangladesh (EUB), 2/4, Gabtoli, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh.
² Department of Civil Engineering, European University of Bangladesh (EUB), 2/4, Gabtoli, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Physics, Jagannath University, Dhaka 1100, Bangladesh.
⁴ Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh.
⁵ School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, P. R. China.
⁶ Laboratory of Computational Research for Drug Design and Material Science, Department of Chemistry, European University of Bangladesh, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh.

Abstract

In this cutting-edge research era, silver nanoparticles impose a substantial impact because of their wide applicability in the field of engineering, science, and industry. Regarding the vast applications of silver nanoparticles, in this study, the crystallographic characteristics and nanostructures of silver nanoparticles extracted from natural resources have been studied. First, biosynthetic silver nanoparticles were synthesized using the Pathor Kuchi leaf (PKL) extract as a mediator, and their crystal structures and characteristics were analyzed by UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis. The average crystallite size of the synthesized silver nanoparticle was determined to be 20.26 nm, and also the lattice strain, intrinsic stress, and dislocation density were measured to be 2.19 × 10^-3, 0.08235 GPa, and 3.062045 × 10^-3/nm², respectively. Further, the prepared sample of silver nanoparticles shows four peaks in the X-ray diffraction pattern, which correspond to the (111), (200), (220), and (311) face-centered cubic (FCC) crystalline planes. The outstanding finding of this work was that when the lattice parameters of the precursor were increased, the volume of the material did not considerably change, but the particle size decreased. Second, it was clearly demonstrated that this straightforward method is a clean, cost-effective, environmentally sustainable, nontoxic, and efficient route for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) using PKL leaf at ambient temperature, which also satisfies the green chemistry requirements. Finally, this study demonstrates the scope for the production of silver nanoparticles using low-cost natural resources.