Silica nanoparticle embedded carbon 2D-nanocomposite material has been synthesized using a green procedure from a blue green alga, Scytonema guyanense, by direct pyrolysis at 600°C under inert atmosphere. The nanocomposite was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), powder X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Characteristic Si-O-Si vibrational absorptions at ∼720 cm-1, ∼790 cm-1 and ∼1080 cm-1 attested the occurrence of silica in the nanocomposite material. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis revealed five-fold multiply twinned quasi spherical silica nanoparticles (∼40 nm) embedded in ∼3 nm thick carbon nanoflakes. The material exhibited weak luminescence at 340 nm. The 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging study showed moderate antioxidant activity of the material.
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Nath, A., Das, A., Deb, S., Bhattacharjee, C. R., & Rout, J. (2016). Green synthesis of novel antioxidant luminescent silica nanoparticle embedded carbon nanocomposites from a blue-green alga. Green Processing and Synthesis, 5(2), 189–194. https://doi.org/10.1515/gps-2015-0124
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