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Trisodium 2-Hydroxypropane-1,2,3-Tricarboxylate Encapsulated Nanocontainer-Based Template-Free Electrochemical Synthesis of Multidimensional Copper/Copper Oxide Nanoparticles

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The current paper reports the electrochemical synthesis and characterization of novel multidimensional copper/cuprous oxide (Cu2O) and cupric oxide (CuO) nanoparticles (NPs) with varying shapes and morphologies using trisodium citrate (TSC) as an additive at pH 13.11. This electrochemical one-pot synthetic route is facile and sustainable in which a rod of copper (Cu) was taken as a working electrode (anode) and platinum (Pt) as a reference electrode (cathode). Four differently shaped Cu2O NPs, viz. rod-shaped, spherical, block-type and leaf-shaped or feather-shaped, were obtained simply by controlling the pH of the solution at and 13.11 applied potential 6.7 V and temperature 373 K. Nanoparticles were characterized by using powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). This electrochemical approach of synthesis shows excellent stability in the synthesized NPs compared with chemical reduction method. These synthesized Cu/Cu2O/CuO nanoparticles were studied for antimicrobial activities against E.Coli, Staphylococus Aureus, and Sterptococus Pneumoniae. The range of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of these nanoparticles have been found from 150 µg/mL to 155 µg/mL for inhibiting the growth of above-mentioned bacteria. The authors hope that this method will be helpful in overcoming the challenging task of producing various shapes of Cu2O NPs in an economical and sustainable manner.

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The authors thank Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, for providing the facility for PXRD. The authors also wish to thank the Department of Physics, MNIT, Jaipur, India, for XPS analysis. The authors also wish to thank Kusuma School of Biological Science, the Indian Institute of Technology for providing the facility for TEM and the University of Delhi (USIC), for providing the facility for SEM with EDS analysis.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Miranda House, University of Delhi, Patel Chest Marg, New Delhi, 110007, India

    Mona Saini, Nutan Rani & Kalawati saini

  2. Department of Botany and Microbiology, Garhwal University, H.N.B, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, 241674, India

    Asifa Mushtaq

  3. Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan

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Saini, M. et al. (2022). Trisodium 2-Hydroxypropane-1,2,3-Tricarboxylate Encapsulated Nanocontainer-Based Template-Free Electrochemical Synthesis of Multidimensional Copper/Copper Oxide Nanoparticles. In: Mudali, U.K., Aruna, S.T., Nagaswarupa, H.P., Rangappa, D. (eds) Recent Trends in Electrochemical Science and Technology. Springer Proceedings in Materials, vol 15. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7554-6_18

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