Green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles and mosquito larvicidal activity against dengue,zika and chikungunya causing vector Aedes aegypti
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| Authors: | Sekaran Muthamil Selvan Kabali Vijai Anand Kasivelu Govindaraju Selvaraj Tamilselvan Vijayakumar Ganesh Kumar Kizhaeral Sevathapandian Subramanian Malaisamy Kannan Kalimuthu Raja |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physics, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600 119 India ; 2. Nanoscience Division, Centre for Ocean Research, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600 119 India ; 3. Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003 India |
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| Abstract: | In the present study, high purity copper oxide nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesised using Tridax procumbens leaf extract. Green syntheses of nano‐mosquitocides rely on plant compounds as reducing and stabilising agents. Copper oxide NPs were characterised using X‐ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR), Field‐emission scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, Ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry and fluorescence spectroscopy. XRD studies of the NPs indicate crystalline nature which was perfectly matching with a monoclinic structure of bulk CuO with an average crystallite size of 16 nm. Formation of copper oxide NPs was confirmed by FT‐IR studies and photoluminescence spectra with emission peaks at 331, 411 and 433 nm were assigned to a near‐band‐edge emission band of CuO in the UV, violet and blue region. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry studies inferred the phytochemical constituents of the leaf extract. Larvicidal activity of synthesised NPs using T. procumbens leaf extract was tested against Aedes aegypti species (dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever transmit vector).Inspec keywords: photoluminescence, spectrophotometry, thermal analysis, chromatography, nanoparticles, antibacterial activity, field emission electron microscopy, microorganisms, wide band gap semiconductors, scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, copper compounds, ultraviolet spectra, nanofabrication, X‐ray chemical analysis, crystallites, visible spectra, field emission scanning electron microscopy, nanobiotechnology, semiconductor materials, semiconductor growth, fluorescence, mass spectraOther keywords: energy dispersive spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visual spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectroscopy, chikungunya, green synthesis, mosquito larvicidal activity, zika, X‐ray diffraction analysis, field‐emission scanning electron microscopy, XRD, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, copper oxide nanoparticles, dengue, tridax procumben leaf extract, nanomosquitocides, FTIR, monoclinic structure, crystallite size, photoluminescence spectra, near‐band‐edge emission band, phytochemical constituents, Aedes aegypti species, yellow fever transmit vector, CuO |
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