Phyto-assisted Preparation of Ag and Ag–CuO Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Extracts of Mimosa pigra and their Catalytic Activities in the Degradation of Some Common Pollutants

Synergistic response of physicochemical reaction parameters on biogenesis of silver nanoparticles and their action against colon cancer and leishmanial cells

“…The other reason is the high kinetic energy, that helps molecules in the reaction mixture to move with strong kinetic force and aid reactants to collide and convert into the product. Our results are in support of previously published scientific reports which studied the individual effects of temperature [34], incubation period [4,10] and concentration of metallic salt [8] on the synthesis of nanoparticles.…”

“…The bio-fabrication requires a rigorous optimisation of reaction dynamics for the better synthesis of nanoparticles and has an advantage over other chemical and physical methods that involves energy-intensive and hazardous chemical reactions. Some research studies [4][5][6][7][8][9][10] were performed before that involves the evaluation of the effects of individual reaction physicochemical conditions on the biogenesis of nanoparticles but the physicochemical parameters act synergistically and the synthesis and yield of nanoparticles alter under the influence of other reaction condition.…”

Antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of a methanolic extract of Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae) in diabetic rats

“…In preclinical experiments, nanoparticles of Mimosa pudica showed antimicrobial activities [16]. The nanoparticles of aqueous extracts of Mimosa pigra also showed a promising effect on degradation of wastewater pollutants [17].…”

Silver-Copper Oxide Heteronanostructures for the Plasmonic-Enhanced Photocatalytic Oxidation of N-Hexane in the Visible-NIR Range

“…The positive photocatalytic response towards n-hexane oxidation of the present Ag-CuO hybrid structures can be justified in terms of the synergetic combination of plasmonic silver and the visible-light response of the p-type semiconductor CuO. In contrast to previous Ag-Cu systems [55,108,109,111,114,117,119], our synthesis methodology enables the generation of a well entangled hybrid system where Ag domains of different sizes and morphologies are perfectly encapsulated within CuO nanotubes (Figure 1 and Figure 2). The most plausible mechanism for the formation of this hybrid is the thermal decomposition of an unstable silver-copper mixed oxide Ag x Cu y O z that evolves into the corresponding silver and copper oxides counterparts [125,126,127].…”

“…Both materials are abundant, affordable, and exhibit a strong potential for full-range photocatalytic applications. Previous studies based on plasmonic silver nanostructures [76,92], Cu x O y systems [105,106,107] or in the combination of silver-copper alloys [108,109,110,111,112], silver-copper oxide heterostructures [109,113,114,115] or even silver-copper oxide decorating TiO 2 [70,108] have already proved their potential not only in visible-NIR expanded photocatalysis [70,114,116], but also in solar harvesting, electrocatalysis, bacteria disinfection, field emission enhancement or the formation of novel superconducting structures [55,108,109,111,114,115,116,117,118,119,120]. Herein, we have demonstrated that these Ag-CuO heterostructures with an intertwined configuration maximize the plasmon-semiconductor interaction.…”