Lecturer Ali Fadhil Mohammed published a research paper titled “Green Synthesis of Copper and Silver Nanostructured Particles from Eremurus Plant Extract and Comparison of Their Optical Properties and Antibacterial Activities.”
(Green Synthesis of Copper and Silver Nanoparticles Using Eremurus Plant Extract and Comparison of Their Optical Properties and Antibacterial Activities)
in the Karbala International Journal of Modern Science, indexed in Scopus Q1.
The research aimed to prepare silver and copper nanoparticles using green synthesis with Eremurus plant extract, which acts as an environmentally friendly reducing and stabilizing agent.
The study characterized the resulting particles using several analytical techniques, and their optical properties and structural behavior were investigated. The study found that silver particles possess superior optical properties compared to copper, along with higher light absorption efficiency. It also demonstrated that both types exhibit strong antibacterial activity, particularly against E. coli and S. aureus, with silver particles demonstrating the highest bacterial elimination efficiency.
