A Facile Synthesis of Cd Substituted Al Nano Chromites by Citrate Gel Method: A Comprehensive Study on Structural, Optical, Catalytic, Microbial and Anticancer Activities
Ch. Srikanth, P. Sailaja Kumari, R. Venkatesh Nayak, G. Vijaya Charan*
DOI: 10.22607/IJACS.2025.1301002
Volume 13, Issue 1 | Pages: 10-24
Abstract
The current study gives the formation of cadmium (Cd) doped aluminum (Al) nano chromites by the citrate gel auto-combustion
method. Structural, optical and biological activity of the synthesized chromites was performed. Microstructure and morphological
analysis of the nano chromites were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, and
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) studies. XRD confirms the single-phase cubic spinel structure of the Cd-Al nano chromites.
The average crystalline size of the samples 19 nm to 25 nm calculated by Debye Scherrer equation from XRD pattern. FTIR
spectrum confirms the metal-oxygen bonds around 400–600 cm−1 wavenumber domain related to the spinel structure. Optical
band gap energy ranges from 2.21 eV to 2.96 eV calculated by Tauc plots. Antibacterial activity of the materials performed four
bacterial agents, namely, Staphylococcus, Bacillus, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella by pour plate method. Hela cells were used
to check the anticancer activity of the materials.
Keywords
Aluminum-cadmium nanoparticles Biological activity Optical properties X-ray diffraction studiesReferences
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Ch. Srikanth, P. Sailaja Kumari, R. Venkatesh Nayak, G. Vijaya Charan*. A Facile Synthesis of Cd Substituted Al Nano Chromites by Citrate Gel Method: A Comprehensive Study on Structural, Optical, Catalytic, Microbial and Anticancer Activities. J Appl Pharm Sci. 2025; 13(1):10-24.