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The importance of CdS and ZnO-NPs in study anti-microbial activity prepared by laser ablation and simple chemical method

H. A. Ahmed, M. Y. Ali, S. S. Hamood, A. N. Abd^*

Department of Physics, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Iraq

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Chalcogenide Letters 2025, 22(1), 11-22. https://doi.org/10.15251/CL.2025.221.11

Received 17 October 2024; Accepted 04 January 2025;

Abstract

As a potential substitute for antibiotics, cadmium sulfide and zinc oxide nano-particles (CdS and ZnO NPs) were created using laser ablation and a straightforward chemical process, respectively. Target of cadmium sulfide, deionized water, zinc nitrate, and sodium hydroxide were used as precursors. Different characterization techniques were used to characterize the CdS and ZnO NPs. X-ray diffraction was used to confirm that the CdS and ZnO had polycrystalline structures with average crystalline sizes of 54.16 nm and 29.23 nm, respectively. The ZnO particles were densely packed 2D curved nanopetals with a diameter of 51.65 nm, whereas the CdS particles were shown to consist of particle agglomerates with spherical and semi-spherical morphologies with a diameter of 34.53 nm from FE-SEM images. According to AFM, the average grain size of ZnO and CdS was 37.51 nm and 79.64 nm, respectively. The purity of the produced nano-particles was validated by FTIR. ZnO has an estimated energy gap of 4.25 eV and CdS of 2.5 eV. Regarding Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains and fungal strains, the CdS and ZnO NPs exhibit pertinent anti-microbial sensitivity. Compared to S. epidermidis and Klebsiella, the produced nano-particles were shown to have stronger anti-bacterial activity against S. aureus and E. coli, with a larger zone of inhibition. The Candida, however, recorded a higher value of 39mm.

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