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ZnO Nanoparticles Synthesized by Precipitation Method for Solar-Driven Photodegradation of Methylene Blue Dye and Its Potential as an Anticancer Agent

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This work presents the study on the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) and their photocatalytic and anticancer activity. ZnO NPs were synthesized by a simple precipitation method in the presence of anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). Two different zinc precursors were used, namely, zinc acetate dihydrate and zinc nitrate hexahydrate, and sodium hydroxide was used as a precipitating agent. The synthesized samples were characterized by various techniques for invesgating their structural, optical, and morphological properties. Identical wurtzite hexagonal structure was confirmed for the samples from XRD pattern and the Raman spectroscopy. As determined by the HR-TEM analysis, the samples’ typical particle size is in the nanoscale. The optical band gap of ZnO NPs, as estimated from UV–VIS absorption spectra, is 2.607 eV for acetate precursor and 2.915 eV for nitrate precursor. The defect concentration in the samples has been probed using PL analysis. The photocatalytic activity of synthesized NPs was studied for organic dye (methylene blue — MB) in an aqueous medium and was compared to that of commercial photocatalyst TiO2 NPs. The potential of synthesized NPs as an anticancer agent was also investigated.

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We would like to thank Prof. S. H. Chaki and Dr. J. S. Gandhi, Department of Physics, Sardar Patel University, for XRD measurements; Prof. K. R. Surati and Mr. Jaydip Solanki, Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University, for photoluminescence measurements; P. G. Department of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (IICISST), Sardar Patel University, for providing cell culture facilities; UGC-India for UGC FRSP Start-up grant for UV-Vis spectrophotometer; DST-FIST (2017) for providing Raman spectroscopy facility to the department; and Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG) for providing SHODH Scholarship (Student Reference No.: 202001640041).

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    Paras Lad, Vidhi Pathak, M. P. Deshpande & Swati Pandya

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Paras Lad: conceptualization, methodology, data analysis, writing — original draft. Vidhi Pathak: methodology, data analysis. Anjali B. Thakkar: cytotoxicity assay. Parth Thakor: cytotoxicity assay, writing — original draft. M. P. Deshpande: Raman spectroscopy measurement and analysis. Swati Pandya: conceptualization, UV–VIS spectroscopy measurements and analysis, writing — review and editing.

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Lad, P., Pathak, V., Thakkar, A.B. et al. ZnO Nanoparticles Synthesized by Precipitation Method for Solar-Driven Photodegradation of Methylene Blue Dye and Its Potential as an Anticancer Agent. Braz J Phys 53, 63 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13538-023-01278-w

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