Fungal biomolecules assisted biosynthesis of Au–Ag alloy nanoparticles and evaluation of their catalytic property

Ravi Mani Tripathi; Rohit Kumar Gupta; Akhshay Singh Bhadwal; Priti Singh; Archana Shrivastav; B.R. Shrivastav

Fungal biomolecules assisted biosynthesis of Au–Ag alloy nanoparticles and evaluation of their catalytic property

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Author(s): Ravi Mani Tripathi ^{1, 2} ; Rohit Kumar Gupta ² ; Akhshay Singh Bhadwal ² ; Priti Singh ³ ; Archana Shrivastav ¹ ; B.R. Shrivastav ^{4, 5}
- Affiliations: 1: Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Gwalior 474 009, MP, India;
  2: Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida 201303, UP, India;
  3: Department of Physics, Manav Rachna College of Engineering, Faridabad 121004, Haryana, India;
  4: Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, Gwalior 474009, MP, India;
  5: Department of Surgery, G. R. Medical College, Palace Road, Gwalior 474009, MP, India
Source: Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2015, p. 178 – 183
DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2014.0043 , Print ISSN 1751-8741, Online ISSN 1751-875X

Received 15/08/2014, Accepted 27/11/2014, Revised 03/11/2014, Published 16/03/2015

The catalytic reduction of methylene blue was studied using biosynthesised gold–silver (Au–Ag) alloy nanoparticles (NPs). The fungal biomass of Trichoderma harzianum was used as a reducing and stabilising agent in the synthesis of Au–Ag alloy NPs. The synthesised NPs were well characterised by UV–vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The plausible synthesis mechanism involved in the formation of Au–Ag alloy NPs was also discussed with diagrammatic representation. A series of experiments was performed to investigate the catalytic activity of the as-prepared Au–Ag alloy NPs and found that the alloy NPs show excellent catalytic activity.

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