Characterization of hydrothermally grown pure and graphene added samarium oxide nano-structures as a potential antimicrobial agent

Subject Areas : Biotechnological Journal of Environmental Microbiology

Abbas Bagheri Khatibani ¹ (Nano Research Lab, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran)
Somayeh Saadat Niavol ² (Department of Solid State Physics, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran)
samaneh Rasouli Jamnani ³ (Department of Solid State Physics, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran)
Hosein Milani Moghaddam ⁴ (Department of Solid State Physics, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran)

Received: 2023-02-24 Accepted : 2023-04-10 Published : 2024-02-10

Keywords: samarium oxide, graphene, hydrothermal, antimicrobial agent,

Abstract :

Seductive and impressive applications of samarium oxide based materials in semiconductor science, created an interest to synthesize and study their physical properties. Therefore, after preparing pure samarium oxide and graphene/samarium oxide powders through hydrothermal technique; with use of X-Ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and UV-Visible spectrophotometry; structural, optical, and morphological properties of the samples have been evaluated. Using XRD, lattice constants and some related structural parameters were determined. Variation of optical band gap has been calculated too, with aiding absorbance, The XRD data revealed prevailed cubic samarium oxide phase in both samples, even though a sharp diffraction peak of graphene was attended in graphene/samarium oxide sample. SEM, Raman, and FTIR analysis showed the effects of graphene addition on main lattice of samarium oxide. Furthermore, the decrease of optical band gap due to graphene was also notable.

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