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Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activity of Fluorescent CdS Quantum Dots Synthesized Using Aqueous Extract of Cyanobacterium Nostoc carneum

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A low-cost, eco-friendly green strategy has been developed for the synthesis of fluorescent cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS QDs) using a cyanobacterium, Nostoc carneum. The as-synthesized CdS quantum dots were characterized using UV–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Energy-Dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR). The UV–Vis spectrum showed the absorption edge in the range 410–475 nm with a band gap energy of 2.68 eV. The photoluminescence spectrum displayed a broad emission band spread over 450–650 nm when excited at 425 nm. The TEM and FE-SEM analysis confirmed the formation of quantum dots with spherical morphology in the 2–6 nm size range. The XRD analysis showed intense peaks that correspond to the crystalline nature of CdS QDs. The FT-IR spectroscopy provided clear evidence of the presence of biomolecules responsible for the stabilization of the CdS QDs. The quantum dots showed efficient catalytic activity for degradation of water-soluble toxic dye, methyl orange (MO), and rhodamine B (RhB) with a high conversion yield (~ 90%). The photocatalytic degradation followed pseudo-first-order kinetics with rate constant at 0.02896 and 0.02846 min−1, respectively. Significant antibacterial activity of the CdS QDs against four selected pathogenic bacterial strains has also been observed.

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    Ankita Das & Piyush Pandey

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Borah, D., Saikia, P., Sarmah, P. et al. Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activity of Fluorescent CdS Quantum Dots Synthesized Using Aqueous Extract of Cyanobacterium Nostoc carneum. BioNanoSci. 13, 650–666 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-023-01115-z

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