Facile fabrication of plasmonic Ag/ZIF-8: an efficient catalyst for investigation of antibacterial, haemolytic and photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics.

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2023
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Abstract
Present article represents the fabrication of plasmonic Ag/ZIF-8 composite and its effect on antibacterial, haemolytic and photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics. Ag/ZIF-8 was prepared by varying molar concentrations (1 mM, 2.5 mM, and 5 mM) of AgNO into ZIF-8 using NaBH as a reducing agent by the sol-gel process. The material was then characterised using the XRD, XPS, FTIR, SEM, HRTEM, UVDRS, BET and EIS techniques. When it comes to breaking down the antibiotic CIP, the optimised Ag2.5/ZIF-8 exhibits the strongest photocatalytic capability, with a degradation efficiency of 82.3% after 90 minutes. Due to LSPR (Localised Surface Plasmon Resonance) as well as the efficient movement and separation of the interfaces of photo-generated charge carriers in Ag2.5/ZIF-8 may be the causes of this increase in photocatalytic degradation. The effect of several parameters, such as pH, a variety of catalysts, varying dose concentrations, scavenging and sustainability are being investigated. The para benzoquinone (OH˙) and citric acid (h) the primary active species in the photocatalytic breakdown pathway, according to trapping study. Whereas, Ag5/ZIF-8 was optimised for greater antibacterial activity against and due to the synergistic impact of Ag and Zn in Ag5/ZIF-8 and in haemolytic experiment, all samples were discovered to be non-toxic to blood cells. Overall, the synthesised compound was discovered to be a reusable, affordable catalyst for water remediation that can also be used in biomedicine.
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Authors Subhadarshini, Asima;Samal, Sangram Keshari;Pattnaik, Ananya;Nanda, Binita;
Journal RSC advances
Year 2023
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10.1039/d3ra04851a
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