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Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanoparticles: effect of solvent and antifungal capacity of NPs obtained in ethylene glycol

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In this work, nanoparticles of zinc oxide (ZnO-NPs) were synthesized using acetic acid, ethanol and ethylene glycol as solvents. To determine the physicochemical and structural characteristics of the synthesized nanoparticles, IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV–Vis spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used. The characterization results indicated that the particles obtained were of nanometers size (< 100 nm) with different morphologies: needle-type when using acetic acid, nanoribbons using ethanol, and spheroidal using ethylene glycol. The results of this work show that on using solvents with a lower dielectric constant value a preferential direction of nanoparticle growth would be favored, leading to the formation of nanoribbons, in ethanol (εr = 24.3), and needles in acetic acid (εr = 6.2). The band gap of ZnO-Nps depends of synthesis solvent used: 3.37 eV for acetic acid, 3.3 eV to ethanol and 3.28 eV to ethylene glycol, indicating that the optical properties of these nanoparticles are affected by the synthesis medium. Based on the information from the characterization of the ZnO-NPs synthesized, the spheroidal nanoparticles were selected, to determine their antifungal capacity on cultures of Aspergillus niger strains. The concentrations of ZnO-NPs that showed the greatest antifungal effect were those from 9 mmol L−1.

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We are grateful to the University of Cauca for making their laboratory facilities available for carrying out this work and to VRI-Unicauca for all logistical support. We are especially grateful to Colin McLachlan for suggestions relating to the English text.

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López, C., Rodríguez-Páez, J.E. Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanoparticles: effect of solvent and antifungal capacity of NPs obtained in ethylene glycol. Appl. Phys. A 123, 748 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1339-x

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