• J.Clara Jeyageetha
• M.Gomu Geetha
• C.Stella Packiam

The advantage of using Honey bee in nanoparticles synthesis is that they are easily available, low cost and safe to handle. The aim of this study was to synthesize and investigate the structural parameters of honey mediated biogenic zinc oxide nanoparticles. The zinc oxide nanoparticles were investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). We observed that the biogenic honey mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles did not require any external chemicals reagent for stabilization and reduction of nanoparticulate. By XRD the crystallite size was found to 26.29 nm and the dislocation density was 14.46 × 10−4 (nm)−2. The volume unit cell was determined and the volume was V= 22.8634 (Å3). The lattice constants (a= b = 3.2369 Angstrom and c = 5.2067 Angstrom, c/a = 1.6024). TEM micrographs also confirmed the particle size of the sample was in the nanoscale range. The present study was carried out to synthesize Zinc oxide nanoparticles by biogenic method using Honey as medium and characterized by different techniques adapted for finding out the morphology, composition, functional group and size.

Honey bee, zinc oxide nanoparticles, FTIR, XRD, TEM

"Synthesis of Honey Mediated Biogenic Zinc Oxide nanoparticles and Structural Parameters Investigations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.882-888, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAB06169.pdf

"Synthesis of Honey Mediated Biogenic Zinc Oxide nanoparticles and Structural Parameters Investigations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp882-888, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAB06169.pdf