{"title":"Enhancement of photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties of SHMP-capped with Ni and Gd-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles","authors":"Kumar Mageswari , Thirugnanam Bavani , Jagannathan Madhavan , Peethambaram Prabukanthan","doi":"10.1016/j.hybadv.2025.100377","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work describes the development of Gd-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles with SHMP (sodium hexametaphosphate) capped Ni (3 wt%) using a microwave-aided synthesis method.</div><div>The Gd content was varied at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 wt%. Several advanced analytical methods were used to analyze the metal-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles. The results showed that incorporating SHMP-capped with Ni and Gd mostly affects the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles. Under visible light, the optimized SHMP-capped Ni and Gd (4 wt%) doped zinc oxide nanoparticles showed better photocatalytic degradation towards methylene blue (MB). The addition of SHMP-capped with Ni and Gd doped on zinc oxide nanoparticles was responsible for this improvement. Moreover, the antibacterial efficacy and outcomes of the bi-metal doped zinc oxide nanoparticles were assessed against <em>E. Coli</em> species. The synthesized SHMP-capped with Ni and Gd-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles are hence promising materials for two different uses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100614,"journal":{"name":"Hybrid Advances","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100377"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hybrid Advances","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773207X25000016","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This work describes the development of Gd-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles with SHMP (sodium hexametaphosphate) capped Ni (3 wt%) using a microwave-aided synthesis method.
The Gd content was varied at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 wt%. Several advanced analytical methods were used to analyze the metal-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles. The results showed that incorporating SHMP-capped with Ni and Gd mostly affects the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles. Under visible light, the optimized SHMP-capped Ni and Gd (4 wt%) doped zinc oxide nanoparticles showed better photocatalytic degradation towards methylene blue (MB). The addition of SHMP-capped with Ni and Gd doped on zinc oxide nanoparticles was responsible for this improvement. Moreover, the antibacterial efficacy and outcomes of the bi-metal doped zinc oxide nanoparticles were assessed against E. Coli species. The synthesized SHMP-capped with Ni and Gd-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles are hence promising materials for two different uses.