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Influence of Ag Doped MoO3 Nanoparticles in the Seedling Growth and Inhibitory Action Against Microbial Organisms

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Herein we report the hydrothermal synthesis, characterization and biological applications of h-MoO3 and silver doped MoO3 nanoparticles (NPs). The phase formations of the synthesized NPs were identified using X-Ray diffraction studies and vibrational spectral studies. The average crystallite size of the NPs tends to decrease with increase in doping concentration. The surface morphology and the elemental composition of the nanoparticles were observed from SEM and EDAX analysis. The crystallite nature was obtained from HRTEM images. The band gap energies obtained from UV-DRS spectra for h-MoO3 (3.26 eV) were found to decrease as the concentration of the dopant (Ag) increases (3.22–2.76 eV). The antibacterial activity of the prepared nanoparticles was tested against some gram positive and gram negative bacterial strains viz., Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, Citrobacter koseri and Pseudomonas aeruginosa respectively. Also their seed germination properties were studied on foxtail and finger millet seeds for a period of seven days.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the management of St. John’s College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu also being our research centre for providing the lab facilities to carry out this research work. We would like to acknowledge SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India for providing PXRD and SEM with EDX spectral analysis. We thank Dr.C. Vethi, VOC College, Tuticorin, for recording FTIR and UV-DRS spectra. Also we would like to thank the Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam centre for higher Education, Thuckalay, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu-629180, India for recording Raman spectra.

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  1. Research Department of Chemistry, St. John’s College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, 627002, Tamil Nadu, India

    A. Nirmal Paul Raj, R. Biju Bennie, G. Alex Immanuel Xavier & C. Joel

  2. Research Department of Botany, St. John’s College, Tirunelveli, 627002, Tamil Nadu, India

    D. Abiya Chelliah

  3. Department of Chemistry, PMT College, Melaneelithanallur, 627953, Tamil Nadu, India

    S. Hari Kengaram

  4. Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli, 627012, Tamil Nadu, India

    A. Nirmal Paul Raj, R. Biju Bennie, G. Alex Immanuel Xavier, C. Joel, D. Abiya Chelliah & S. Hari Kengaram

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Raj, A.N.P., Bennie, R.B., Xavier, G.A.I. et al. Influence of Ag Doped MoO3 Nanoparticles in the Seedling Growth and Inhibitory Action Against Microbial Organisms. J Clust Sci 33, 2429–2441 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-021-02164-8

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