Open AccessSynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using Egg White: Dye Degradation and Antimicrobial Potential
Author(s) -
Ankush Kaushik,
Deepak Gola,
Jyoti Raghav,
Dhriti Gupta,
Ajay Kumar,
Mridul Agarwal,
Nitin Chauhan,
Sunil K. Srivastava,
Pankaj Tyagi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
biointerface research in applied chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2069-5837
DOI - 10.33263/briac122.23612372
Subject(s) - silver nanoparticle , zeta potential , antimicrobial , degradation (telecommunications) , chemistry , transmission electron microscopy , nuclear chemistry , nanoparticle , egg white , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , telecommunications , computer science , engineering
In recent years, developing nanoparticles with green processes is gaining huge attention due to its cost-effectiveness, simplicity and non–toxic precursors. The present study utilized the potential of egg white for the synthesis of stable silver nanoparticles (EW-AgNPs). In order to characterize the EW-AgNPs, various techniques have been employed. UV-vis spectroscopy (300-700nm) was used to study the λmax, which highlighted the peak at 422nm. Further, the stability of synthesized EW-AgNPs was studied using Zeta potential, the value of -16.4 mV was obtained, indicating the stability of developed EW-AgNPs in the solution. Transmission electron microscopy was used specifically to visualize the shape and size of synthesized EW-AgNPs, the images showed spherical to the diverse shape of EW-AgNPs. In the first phase, the EW-AgNPs were studied for dye degradation along with NaBH4. The enhanced dye degradation of blue dye was obtained with EW-AgNPs+NaBH4, showing 90- 100% degradation from 100- 25 mgL-1 dye solution, respectively. Further, in the second phase, antimicrobial activity (Zone of Inhibition) of EW-AgNPs was analyzed against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. A higher ZOI was obtained for E.coli (16mm) than S. aureus (12.4mm). The present study proved egg white's ability to develop stable silver nanoparticles, which was further found to be effective for blue dye degradation and antimicrobial activity.