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A facile green synthesis of nickel ferrite nanoparticles using Tamarindus Indica seeds for magnetic and photocatalytic studies

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Magnetic NiFe2O4 nanoparticle (NFNPs) were synthesized by the microwave-assisted method using Tamarindus indica seeds as a green reducing agent’ for better readability. The identification of NFNPs was carried out by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–Visible spectroscopy and luminescence techniques. Spinel structure of NFNPs with a single phase has been confirmed by XRD with an average crystallite size of 21 nm. FTIR confirms the presence of tetrahedral and octahedral sites of prepared NFNPs. SEM with EDAX and TEM gives the information of agglomeration of magnetic nanoparticles with elemental composition present in the NFNPs and narrow size distribution of nanoparticles with a particle size of 28 nm. The prepared NFNPs are visible active with band gap of 1.92 eV. NFNPs show effective photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation towards the degradation of anionic Alizarin red S dye and cationic Methylene Blue dye. NFNPs show good magnetic property in VSM studies. The prepared NFNPs can be useful for wastewater treatment.

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The author Dr. M. Madhukara Naik thanks The Principal and Management, Acharya Institute of Technology for encouraging the research activity. Dr. M. Vinuth thanks to the Principal and Board of Management, NIE Institute of Technology for encouraging the research activity.

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    Present address: Department of Chemistry, Acharya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, 560 107, Karnataka, India

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  1. Department of Chemistry, MVJ College of Engineering, Bengaluru, 560 067, Karnataka, India

    M. Madhukara Naik, V. Udaya Kumar, G. Preethi & M. Prathap Kumar

  2. Department of Chemistry, NIE Institute of Technology, Mysuru, 570 018, Karnataka, India

    M. Vinuth

  3. Department of Chemistry, Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, 560 036, India

    K. H. Hemakumar

  4. Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, 572 103, India

    G. Nagaraju

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Naik, M.M., Vinuth, M., Kumar, V.U. et al. A facile green synthesis of nickel ferrite nanoparticles using Tamarindus Indica seeds for magnetic and photocatalytic studies. Nanotechnol. Environ. Eng. 8, 143–151 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41204-022-00257-x

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