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Item Green Silver Nanoparticles for Phytopathogen Control(Springer, 2019) Gautam, N; Salaria, N; Thakur, K; Kukreja, S; Yadav, Neha; Yadav, R; Goutam, U.Plant diseases bring radical problem in the agriculture sector. Phytopathogens mediate diseases that pose considerable loss of yield and quality deterioration which eventually bring down the crop yield and the rural economy. The present study is, thus, focused on developing the optimized protocol for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by green chemistry approach and revealing their antimicrobial potential against phytopathogens. The synthesis of AgNPs was carried out by using aqueous plant extracts of three medicinal and aromatic plants, namely Allium cepa (onion), Allium sativum (garlic) and Zingiber officinale (ginger). AgNPs were characterized by various analytical techniques including UV–visible spectra, PSA, FTIR, TEM and XRD analysis. The AgNPs were spherical with size ranging from 1 to 10 nm, crystalline in nature and relatively stable up to 3 months after synthesis. The AgNPs conferred strong antimicrobial activity against selective bacterial and fungal phytopathogens. The antimicrobial activity of the AgNPs was observed against Erwinia sp., Pseudomonas syringe, Bacillus megaterium, Fusarium graminearum, F. avenaceum and F. culmorum. The effective concentration against bacterial pathogens was found to be between 50 µg/ml (garlic/Erwinia sp.) and 130 µg/ml (onion/B. megaterium). In the case of fungal pathogens, the range was 90 µg/ml (garlic/F. avenaceum) to 110 µg/ml (onion/F. graminearum) for an effective dose. © 2019, The National Academy of Sciences, India.Item Titania sensitized with SPADNS dye for dye sensitized solar cell(Springer New York LLC, 2016) Didwal, P.N.; Pawar, K.S.; Chikate, P.R.; Abhyankar, A.C.; Pathan, H.M.; Devan, R.S.Synthesis of anatase TiO2 nanoparticle with diameter about 25?nm is carried out by using chemical method and powder of TiO2 nanoparticle is pasted on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass by doctor blade. New organic SPADNS dye (C16H9N2Na3O11S3) is used first time to make the dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Cell were constructed by using SPADNS dye loaded wide band gap anatase TiO2 nanoparticle on FTO coated glass as photo-anode, polyiodide as electrolyte, and platinum coated FTO as counter electrode. SPADNS dye was made from organic reagent which is low cost and easy available in market. Better adsorption of SPADNS dye on anatase TiO2 film is due to porous nature of TiO2. This better adsorption gives more transportation of electron from dye to TiO2 which increase the efficiency of solar cell. Although SPADNS dye is the first experiment with TiO2 nanoparticle for DSSC, it gives photocurrent (short-circuit current density) 1.04?mA/cm2, open-circuit voltage 0.59?V, with 0.9?% efficiency under 10?mW/m2 LED. ? 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.Item Identifying the preferred interaction mode of naringin with gold nanoparticles through experimental, DFT and TDDFT techniques: Insights into their sensing and biological applications(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016) Singh, Baljinder; Rani, Monika; Singh, Janpreet; Moudgil, Lovika; Sharma, Prateek; Kumar, Sanjeev; Saini, G.S.S.; Tripathi, S.K.; Singh, Gurinder; Kaura, AmanIn this work, the binding behaviour of naringin-a flavonoid with AuNPs is explained by combining experimental and theoretical approaches. We have systematically analysed the effect of temperature and concentration of naringin and gold (Au) in the formation of naringin stabilized Au nanoparticles (N-AuNPs). The interaction of naringin with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is investigated by various techniques such as UV-visible spectroscopy, TEM, FT-IR, XRD and gel electrophoresis. These studies indicate that naringin acts as a reducing and stabilizing agent. Further, we have modelled the two side chains of naringin with the functional groups [C10H7O2] and [C6H5O]-, and identified the lowest energy configurations of these groups with AuNPs with the help of density functional theory (DFT). The [C10H7O2]-Au13 has higher binding energy than [C6H5O]--Au13 and it is attributed to delocalized molecular orbitals in [C10H7O2], hence higher charge transfer to the Au13 cluster. On the basis of the resulting structures, we examine the optical properties using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). We observe significant changes in the optical spectra of the representative structures of side chains with the AuNPs. The peak in the spectra of the Vis region of [C10H7O2]-Au13 undergoes a shift towards lower wavelength in comparison to [C6H5O]--Au13. Natural transition orbitals (NTOs) of hole and particle states of the [C10H7O2]-Au13 conjugate system are localized on [C10H7O2] and Au13, respectively, whereas for the [C6H5O]--Au13 both hole and particle states are localized on the Au13 cluster. These N-AuNPs show their applicability as a sensor for detecting aluminium ions (Al3+) in aqueous solution. These NPs are also found to be biocompatible with normal red blood cells and MDAMB-231 breast carcinoma cell lines, as evaluated from hemolysis and cytotoxicity assays. Thus, naringin offers non-toxic and bio friendly N-AuNPs, which are considered to be the best vehicle for drug release and other possible biomedical and sensing applications. ? 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry.Item Core size matters! High Raman enhancing core tunable Au/Ag bimetallic core-shell nanoparticles(Springer Verlag, 2017) Paital, D.; Sen, T.; Patra, A.; Haldar, K.K.Bimetallic core-shell nanostructures have been attracted tremendous attention due to their ability to form novel materials with unique chemical, optical, and physical properties. Here, we have studied the influence of core size of Au/Ag bimetallic core-shell nanostructures on the Raman enhancement efficiency with the Raman-active probe methylene blue. The surface-enhanced Raman scattering intensity is increased with increase in the core size of Au/Ag bimetallic core-shell nanoparticles. Interestingly, the enhancement factor is found to be 6.58?נ107 for the Au100/Ag core-shell nanoparticles and allows easy detection of analyte methylene blue. Thus, surface-enhanced Raman scattering properties of the metal nanoparticles are significantly enhanced due to the Au/Ag core-shell structures and the enhancement factor is dependent on the size of the core of the bimetallic nanoparticles. ? 2017, Springer International Publishing AG.Item Amino acid functionalized zinc oxide nanostructures for cytotoxicity effect and hemolytic behavior: Theoretical and experimental studies(Elsevier Ltd, 2017) Singh, Satvinder; Singh, Baljinder; Sharma, Prateek; Mittal, Anu; Kumar, Sanjeev; Saini, G.S.S.; Tripathi, S.K.; Singh, Gurinder; Kaura, AmanBlending of theoretical and experimental approach, provide an important strategy in designing the nanostructure at a microscopic level and helps in predicting the response of synthesized material towards inhibition of the growth of breast cancer cell. In this work, ab initio calculations using super cell approach are performed for three different amino acids (AAs)-Histidine (His), Arginine (Arg) and Aspartic acid (Asp) coated Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures to explain the growth mechanism of nanoparticles (NPs) of different shapes. Based on the first principles calculations, we reveal that ZnO-AA (Arg and Asp) NPs results in rod like and ZnO-His NPs lead to tablet like configuration. Similar morphologies are fabricated using AAs through synthetic route. The effect of concentration ratio of reactants and pH has been studied. As synthesized samples, are characterized by using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and UV?Vis spectroscopy techniques. Based on the results, a plausible mechanism of formation of nanostructures has been proposed. The nanostructures with rod like morphology are found to be biocompatible with normal red blood cells and show cytotoxic effect as evaluated from hemolysis and cytotoxicity assays on breast (MCF-7, T47D, MDA-MB-231) & prostate cancer (PC-3) cell lines. ? 2017 Elsevier LtdItem Shell thickness matters! Energy transfer and rectification study of Au/ZnO core/shell nanoparticles(Academic Press Inc., 2016) Haldar, Krishna Kanta; Sen, TapasiIn the present study we report the influence of shell thickness on fluorescence resonance energy transfer between Au/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles and Rhodamine 6G dye by steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy and rectification behaviours. Au/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles with different shell thickness were synthesized in aqueous solution by chemically depositing zinc oxide on gold nanoparticles surface. A pronounced effect on the photoluminescence (PL) intensity and shortening of the decay time of the dye in presence of Au/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles is observed. The calculated energy transfer efficiencies from dye to Au/ZnO are 62.5%, 79.2%, 53.6% and 46.7% for 1.5 nm, 3 nm, 5 nm and 8 nm thickness of shell, respectively. Using FRET process, the calculated distances (r) are 117.8, 113.2 ? 129.9 ? and 136.7 ? for 1.5 nm, 3 nm, 5 nm and 8 nm thick Au/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles, respectively. The distances (d) between the donor and acceptor are 71.0, 57.8, 76.2 and 81.6 ? for 1.5 nm, 3 nm, 5 nm and 8 nm thick core-shell Au/ZnO nanoparticles, respectively, using the efficiency of surface energy transfer (SET). The current-voltage (I-V) curve of hybrid Au/ZnO clearly exhibits a rectifying nature and represents the n-type Schottky diode characteristics with a typical turn-on voltage of between 0.6 and 1.3 V. It was found that the rectifying ratio increases from 20 to 90 with decreasing the thickness of the shell from 5 nm to 3 nm and with shell thickness of 8 nm, electrical transport through the core-shell is similar to what is observed with pure ZnO samples nanoparticles. The results indicated that the Au/ZnO core-shell nanoparticles with an average shell thickness of 3 nm exhibited the maximum energy transfer efficiencies (79.2%) and rectification (rectifying ratio 90). ? 2016