Biologically Reduced Zinc Oxide Nanosheets Using Phyllanthus emblica Plant Extract for Antibacterial and Dye Degradation Studies

The nanostructures synthesized using the green chemistry method have recently attracted attention of scientists due to their significance in many scientific domains. This work provides an overview biosynthesis zinc oxide (ZnO) nanosheets (NSs) Phyllanthus emblica plant (PEP) extract. X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) were used analyze ZnO-NSs. Evaluation antibacterial activity biosynthesized ZnO-NSs was performed. exhibit effective against Gram-positive (S. pyogenes S. aureus) Gram-negative typhi E. coli) bacterial strains. is most sensitive microbe towards formed a 21 mm zone inhibition (ZOI). are also tested as photocatalyst degradation methyl orange (MO) rhodamine B (RB). rate MO 90%, RB 96% after being exposed UV light for 120 min. as-synthesized exhibited selective dye showed relatively better photocatalytic positively charged (cationic) dyes. could lead fabrication high-yield photocatalysts, which potential degrade textile dyes from aqueous solution.