Ecofriendly Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles from Azadirachta indica and Ocimum sanctum leaf extracts

The development of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience is creating the significance of researchers towards the synthesis of nanoparticles for the various applications like medicine, pharmaceutical and environmental management studies, etc. The advancement of simple, cost effective and reliable methods for the synthesis of nanomaterial is being emphasized worldwide. The major methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles are physical and chemical approaches that are often costly and potentially harmful to the environment. The present study is constant to the prospect of metal nanoparticle synthesis using plant extracts. Here silver nanoparticles were synthesized using Azadirachta indicia and Ocimum sanctum leaf extract. The leaf extract acts as both reducing and capping agents. The synthesized silver nanoparticles were confirmed by the colour change after the addition of a leaf extract into the Silver nitrate solution. The synthesized silver nanoparticles were preliminarily characterized by using UV-Vis analysis and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), SEM image.