GREEN SYNTHESIS OF IRON NANOPARTICLE FROM NEPHROLEPIS AURICULATA FOR PHOTOCATALYTIV DEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE

Abstract

Ever increasing pollution in environment is alarming; phytonanoremediation is an environment friendly approach to deal with emerging pollution crisis. Greener technologies involvement give remediation process an edge over other methods via being cost effective, less time, energy and labor consuming. Synthesizing iron nanoparticles from Nephrolepis auriculata is a feasible approach for bioremediation of pollutants. Optimizing several key factors like pH, temperature, and agitation helps with regulating the degradation efficiency of iron nanoparticles to degrade toxic dyes like methylene blue. Synthesized nanoparticles are investigated with characterization techniques like UV-Vis spectrophotometer to evaluate their absorbance peak. This project aims to assess potential of green synthesized iron nanoparticle from Nephrolepis auriculata to degrade hazardous industrial dye like methylene blue.