Palladium nanoparticles: Single-step plant-mediated green chemical procedure using Piper betle leaves broth and their anti-fungal studies

Abstract

Aim

The aim of the present study is to synthesize the metal nanoparticles by the green chemical approaches due to their novel optical, catalytic, hydrogen storage, bio-imaging and electrochemical applications.

Materials and methods

1 mM of PdCl₂ and Piper betle leaf broth (10:1) are used to synthesize the stable Pd⁰ nanoparticles.

Results

The structural characterizations studied by UV-Vis Spectroscopy, XRD and FTIR-Spectroscopy. The morphology, particle distribution and size of the palladium nanoparticles were studied by TEM and SAED Techniques. The bioactivity demonstrated by synthesized PdNPs was lead to an excellent clinical use as anti-fungal material.