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Structural, electrical, and antimicrobial characterization of green synthesized ZnO nanorods from aqueous Mentha extract

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We synthesized two types of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) for comparison, the first NPs were produced using a Zn(Ac)2.2H2O solution in distilled water and the second were produced using a Zn(Ac)2.2H2O solution in an aqueous extract of Mentha (mint). The x-ray diffraction patterns were indexed on the basis of a hexagonal (wurtzite) structure. The samples illustrate the high crystalline quality, and the average crystal sizes of the NPs were calculated to be 50 and 60 nm for GS and NS, respectively. ZnO nanorods were produced for the first time by using green synthesis method.

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Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institute (TUBITAK) (Grant No: 115F045) and Çankiri Karatekin University Research Funds (Grant No. FF231215L40).

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    Ercan Karaköse

  2. Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Ccankiri Karatekin University, 18100, Ccankiri, Turkey

    Hakan Çolak

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Karaköse, E., Çolak, H. Structural, electrical, and antimicrobial characterization of green synthesized ZnO nanorods from aqueous Mentha extract. MRS Communications 8, 577–585 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.31

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