Issue 48, 2021

Rapid green-synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles for therapeutic applications

Abstract

Nanoparticles (NPs) with sizes ranging from 2 nm to 1 μm find various applications in the field of theranostics. Moreover, if eco-friendly methods are opted for the synthesis of biocompatible and less toxic NPs, then that's a huge success. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) have been vigorously studied for their use in medical implants, photodynamic therapy, drug delivery, biosensing and as antimicrobial agents. The present study reports the green-synthesis of TiO2 NPs for the first-time using extracts of black pepper (Piper nigrum), coriander (Coriandrum sativum) and clove (Syzygium aromaticum). All three samples of TiO2 NPs were synthesized via a modified sol–gel method under similar environmental conditions. Similar treatments were given to the samples. The procedure adopted for the synthesis ensures the use of non-toxic materials, no production of toxic by-products and rapid synthesis of the TiO2 NPs. The NPs were characterized by X-ray diffraction, high resolution-transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction which confirmed the formation, morphology, crystallinity and size of the TiO2 NPs. These characterizations displayed the similarity index of all three samples. However, photoluminescence and vibrating sample magnetometer studies highlighted the differences among the three samples. All three samples of NPs obtained had a size range of 5–20 nm. Further, the findings showed that different plant extracts result in TiO2 NPs with moderately different characteristics. Furthermore, the samples were analysed for their drug-encapsulation efficiency using UV-visible spectrophotometry. Among all three samples, the NPs synthesised using black pepper exhibited the maximum encapsulation efficiency. The study concludes that the plant's bio-profile is responsible for bringing about changes in the traits of the resulting nanoparticles. Thus, the extracts from different plants have the ability to manipulate the properties of the synthesized NPs. These findings can help to understand the role and importance of the plants in synthesizing NPs for biomedical applications. A further detailed study in this field can help researchers to understand the influence of the plant's biochemistry in shaping the NPs.

Graphical abstract: Rapid green-synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles for therapeutic applications

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jul 2021
Accepted
27 Aug 2021
First published
13 Sep 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 30343-30352

Rapid green-synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles for therapeutic applications

S. Bhullar, N. Goyal and S. Gupta, RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 30343 DOI: 10.1039/D1RA05588G

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