Eclipta prostrata leaf aqueous extract mediated for the synthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and its larvicidal activity against malaria vector

Author

Rajakumar, G. ; Rahuman, A. Abdul ; Priyamvada, B. ; Khanna, V. Gopiesh ; Kumar, D. Kishore ; Sujin, P.J.

Author_Institution

Post Grad. & Res. Dept. of Zoology, C. Abdul Hakeem Coll., Melvisharam, India

fYear

2011

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

563

Lastpage

566

Abstract

Eco-friendly, nontoxic, inexpensive, abundantly available hitherto unreported Eclipta prostrata leaf extract is used for the biosynthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO₂ NPs). The TiO₂ NPs were characterized by FTIR, XRD, AFM and FESEM analysis. FTIR peak implicated the role of carboxyl group O-H stretching amine N-H stretch in the formation of TiO₂ NPs. XRD characterized in crystallographic plane of rutile phase. AFM showed uneven surface morphology which indicates the presence of both individual and agglomerated nanoparticles. FESEM analysis showed shape in spherical clusters, quite polydisperse and it ranges in size from 36-68 nm with calculated average size of 49.5 nm. In this paper, we have demonstrated a novel biological route for the synthesis of TiO₂ NPs and first report to assess the larvicidal activity against malaria vector.

Keywords

Fourier transform spectra; X-ray diffraction; agrochemicals; atomic force microscopy; botany; diseases; nanobiotechnology; nanoparticles; particle size; surface morphology; titanium compounds; AFM; Eclipta prostrata leaf aqueous extract; FESEM; FTIR; XRD; amine N-H stretch; biosynthesis; carboxyl group O-H; larvicidal activity; malaria vector; rutile phase; surface morphology; titanium dioxide nanoparticles; Chemicals; Dielectrics; Image resolution; Superluminescent diodes; X-ray scattering; Atomic force microscopy; Eclipta prostrata; FTIR; Larvicidal activity XRD; Titanium dioxide nanoparticles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Jeju

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2139-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NMDC.2011.6155294

Filename

6155294