Green Chemistry-Assisted Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles and Fabrication of Microstructurally Engineered Conductive and Endurable M⁰@PEO Functional Films.

ABSTRACT: The present research reports the synthesis of poly-[ethylene oxide]-based composite films (500 μm) containing metal nanoparticles (NPs) [Ag⁰ (d _p ∼ 6 nm), Cu⁰ (d _p ∼ 25 nm), and Fe⁰ (d _p ∼ 35 nm)] as the mobile phase. The novelty of the study is in the corroboration of a plausible mechanism for the generation of metal NPs through green synthesis using herbal extracts of Camellia sinensis (Tea) and Azadirachta indica (Neem). Density functional theory (DFT) is used to optimize the phytoreductants present in both biosources, wherein the reducing and/or stabilizing functional entities are primarily hydroxyl groups (-OH). The transition energy (band gap, ΔE _|LUMO-HOMO|) is foun

SUBMITTER: Das A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12409529 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature