Mandal, Tuhin and Ghosh, Ashish Kumar and Mishra, Shiv Rag and Singh, Vikram and Khare , Puja (2024) Development of a mine‑functionalized fluorescent silica nanoparticles from coal fly ash as a sustainable source for nano fertilizer. Scientific Reports.
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Scaling up the synthesis of fluorescent silica nanoparticles to meet the current demand in diverse applications involves technological limitations. The present study relates to the hydrothermal synthesis of water‑soluble, crystalline, blue‑emitting amine‑functionalized silica nanoparticles from coal fly ash sustainably and economically. This study used tertiary amine (trimethylamine) to prepare amine‑functionalized fluorescent silica nanoparticles, enhancing fluorescence quantum yield and nitrogen content for nanofertilizer application. The TEM and FESEM studies show that the silica nanoparticles have a spherical morphology with an average diameter of 4.0 nm. The x‑ray photoelectron and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy studies reveal the presence of the amine group at the surface of silica nanoparticles. The silica nanoparticles exhibit blue fluorescence with an emission maximum of 454 nm at 370 nm excitation and show excitation‑dependent emission properties in the aqueous medium. With the perfect spectral overlap between silica nanoparticle emission (donor) and chlorophyll absorption (acceptor), fluorescent silica nanoparticles enhance plant photosynthesis rate by resonance energy transfer. This process accelerates the photosynthesis rate to improve the individual plant’s quality and growth. These findings suggested that the fly ash‑derived functionalized silica nanoparticles could be employed as nanofertilizers and novel delivery agents
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Environmental sciences Materials science Nanoscience and technology Plant sciences |
| Subjects: | Envieronmental Management Group |
| Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Depositing User: | Mr. B. R. Panduranga |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2024 07:05 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Feb 2024 07:06 |
| URI: | http://cimfr.csircentral.net/id/eprint/2672 |
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