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Fine Ultrasmall Copper Nanoparticle (UCuNPs) Synthesis by Using Terminalia bellirica Fruit Extract and Its Antimicrobial Activity

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In this present manuscript, ultrasmall copper nanoparticles (UCuNPs) was synthesized by Terminalia bellirica fruit extract as a reducing agent. The method of synthesis is ecofriendly, single step, aqueous and ambient method. As synthesized nanoparticles were in diameter of 2–7 nm. The surface plasmone resonance is observed with UV–visible spectrophotometry, UCuNPs are nonplasmonic. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy indicates that oxygen-containing functional groups in the T. bellirica fruit extract are involved in the nanoparticle synthesis reaction. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) was used to confirm that the UCuNPs are spherical shape. XRD analysis confirms that the nanoparticles are single crystalline. X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy conducted during HRTEM analysis confirms the presence of pure copper in the sample. The particle size analysis is also confirms that the particles were polydispersed. The stability of UCuNPs characterized by zeta potential. We are also done antimicrobial activity (anti bacterial and anti fungal) of UCuNPs shown good activity.

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the University Grant Commission, New Delhi [Grant No. 2-362/2013 (SR)] and special thanks to IIT Madras, Chennai, for the support on instrumental analysis. We are also thankful to Dr. R. V. Jayanth Kasyap, Asst. Professor in English, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, India, for verifying the linguistic correctness.

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  1. Department of Material Science & Nanotechnology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516 003, India

    Annavaram Viswadevarayalu, Posa Venkata Ramana, Godlaveeti Sreenivasa Kumar & Somala Adinarayana Reddy

  2. Department of Microbiology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516 003, India

    Lodi Rathna sylvia

  3. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516002, India

    Jorepalli Sumalatha

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Viswadevarayalu, A., Venkata Ramana, P., Sreenivasa Kumar, G. et al. Fine Ultrasmall Copper Nanoparticle (UCuNPs) Synthesis by Using Terminalia bellirica Fruit Extract and Its Antimicrobial Activity. J Clust Sci 27, 155–168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-015-0917-3

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