Bio-inspired green manufacturing of plasmonic silver nanoparticles/Degussa using Banana Waste Peduncles: Photocatalytic, antimicrobial, and cytotoxicity evaluation

Plasmonic silver nanoparticle, AgNPs (~14.1 nm) having an absorption peak at 421 nm was fabricated via a biogenic, rapid, and costless technique using Banana Waste Peduncles (BWP) as new disposals instead of plant extracts. According to HPLC analysis, BWP included gallic acid, catechin, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, etc. Degussa (P25) has been in-situ added in one-step to AgNPs using the microwave synthesis to produce nanocomposite sensitive...