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Abstract
In the present study, we investigated a novel green route for synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) using the extract of young cones of Pinus densiflora as a reducing agent. Standard characterization studies were carried out to confirm the obtained product using UV–Vis spectra, SEM–EDS, FTIR, and XRD. TEM images showed that various shapes of ZnO NPs were synthesized, including hexagonal (wurtzite), triangular, spherical, and oval-shaped particles, with average sizes between 10 and 100 nm. The synthesized ZnO NPs blended with the young pine cone extract have very good activity against bacterial and fungal pathogens, similar to that of commercial ZnO NPs.
Acknowledgments
This research work was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the government (MEST) (No. 2011-0020202). This research was also supported by the Korean National Research Foundation (Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Award NRF-2011-35B-D00020).
Declaration of interest
The authors report no declarations of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
Supplementary material available online
Supplementary Figure 1 to be found online at http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/21691401.2015.1058811.
