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Facile synthesis of silver and polyacrylic acid doped magnesium oxide nanostructure for photocatalytic dye degradation and bactericidal behavior

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The presence of cationic dyes in wastewater significantly increase the complexity of processing. Visible-light-trapped inorganic semiconductor for dye degradation has recently become an efficient approach. A convenient one-step co-precipitation process was used to synthesize pristine and doped MgO nanoparticles (NPs). This study aimed to improve the photocatalytic and antibacterial activity of MgO by using different concentrations of Ag (0.03 and 0.06)wt% with a fixed amount of PAA (0.06%). These synthesized samples were used to monitor methylene blue (MB) dye decolourization from an aqueous medium as well as growth inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus (s.aureus) and Escherichia coli (E.coli). The structural, morphological and optical properties of MgO and Ag: PAA-MgO were examined using advanced techniques. XRD measurements confirmed hexagonal and cubic phases of MgO and crystallization supresssion upon doping. TEM micrographs revealed hexagonal NPs morphology of MgO. UV–vis spectrophotometer identified a redshift upon doping in absorption spectra and the influence of Ag: PAA on bandgap. A significant improvement in photocatalytic and antibacterial performances was observed for doped NPs with an optimum degradation efficiency (93%) and efficient antibacterial activity towards S.aureus indicated by inhibition zone (mm) achieved for Ag: PAA-MgO.

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The authors are grateful to HEC, Pakistan, for funding through NRPU-20-17615.

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  1. Solar Cell Applications Research Lab, Department of Physics, Government College, University Lahore, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan

    Farzana Jamal & Muhammad Ikram

  2. Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef, University of Agriculture, Multan, 66000, Punjab, Pakistan

    Ali Haider

  3. Core Research Facilities, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Anwar Ul-Hamid

  4. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan

    Muhammad Ijaz

  5. Departament d’Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Av Països Catalans 26, 43007, Tarragona, Spain

    Walid Nabgan

  6. School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Walid Nabgan

  7. Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China

    Junaid Haider

  8. Punjab University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan

    Iram Shahzadi

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Jamal, F., Ikram, M., Haider, A. et al. Facile synthesis of silver and polyacrylic acid doped magnesium oxide nanostructure for photocatalytic dye degradation and bactericidal behavior. Appl Nanosci 12, 2409–2419 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-022-02504-8

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