Bacterial compatibility/toxicity of biogenic silica (B-SiO2) nanoparticles synthesized from biomass rice husk ash

Sanjeev K. Sharma, Ashish R. Sharma, Sudheer D.V.N. Pamidimarri, Jyotshana Gaur, Beer Pal Singh, Sankar Sekar, Deuk Young Kim, Sang Soo Lee

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Abstract

Biogenic silica (b-SiO2) nanopowders from rice husk ash (RHA) were prepared by chemical method and their bacterial compatibility/toxicity was analyzed. The X-ray diffractometry (XRD) patterns of the b-SiO2 nanopowders indicated an amorphous feature due to the absence of any sharp peaks. Micrographs of the b-SiO2 revealed that sticky RHA synthesized SiO2 nanopowder (S1) had clustered spherical nanoparticles (70 nm diameter), while b-SiO2 nanopowder synthesized from red RHA (S2) and b-SiO2 nanopowder synthesized from brown RHA (S3) were purely spherical (20 nm and 10 nm diameter, respectively). Compared to the S1 (11.36 m2g−1) and S2 (234.93 m2g−1) nanopowders, the S3 nanopowders showed the highest surface area (280.16 m2g−1) due to the small particle size and high porosity. The core level of the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra showed that Si was constituted by two components, Si 2p (102.2 eV) and Si 2s (153.8 eV), while Oxygen 1s was observed at 531.8 eV, confirming the formation of SiO2. The anti-bacterial activity of the b-SiO2 nanopowders was investigated using both gram-positive (Escherichia coli) and gram-negative (Staphylococcus aureus) microorganisms. Compared to S2 and S3 silica nanopowders, S1 demonstrated enhanced antibacterial activity. This study signifies the medical, biomedical, clinical, and biological importance and application of RHA-mediated synthesized b-SiO2.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1440
JournalNanomaterials
Volume9
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019

Keywords

  • Anti-bacterial
  • Bacterial compatibility
  • Biogenic silica (b-SiO)
  • E. coli
  • Microstructural analysis
  • S. aureus

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