Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles by aloe barbadensis miller leaf extract: Structure and optical properties

By G. Sangeetha, S. Rajeshwari, R. Venckatesh. 2011

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Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles: A review of the synthesis methodology and mechanism of formation (2020, methodology): “In the case of ZnONPs, the green synthesis route has been shown to improve properties like antimicrobial activity (Sangeetha et al., 2011), photocatalytic efficacy (Raja et al., 2018) and biocompatibility (Mirzaei and Darroudi, 2016).”
Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles via Biological Entities (2015, background): “While stable and spherical ZnO nanoparticles have been synthesized using Aloe vera extract [263].”
Multifunctional CuO nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic dye degradation and antibacterial activity (2021, methodology): “The Debye-Scherrer equation was used to measure the crystal size of the NPs obtained [26]: D 1⁄4 Kλ=βcosθ”
Zinc oxide nanoparticles: a review of their biological synthesis, antimicrobial activity, uptake, translocation and biotransformation in plants (2017, background): “72 [20] Aloe barbadensis (source gel) Zn(NO3)2, 5–6 h at 150 C Spherical 40 [25] Cassia auriculata (flower extract) ZnNO3, 60–80 C Spherical [26] Hibiscus subdariffa (leaf extract) Zn(CH3COO)2 H2O [27] Coriandrum sativum (leaf extract) Zn(O2CCH3)2(H2O)2, overnight at 60 C [22]”