Synthesis, structural and antibacterial activity of pure, Fe doped, and glucose capped ZnO nanoparticles

In this report, the structure, texture, and antibiotic nature of the synthesized ZnO nanoparticles have been studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The single wurtzite hexagonal crystal structure with their particle sizes in the 17–19 nm range was obtained. The particles were almost spherical. The octahedral peak from FTIR has been calculated at around 470–489 cm−1 while the tetrahedral sites at 616 cm−1. The defect and antibiotic nature of ZnO is found to be correlated.