Facile and novel synthetic method to prepare nano molybdenum and its catalytic activity

Author

Jaikumar, Sugumaran Sam ; Yuvakkumar, Rathinam ; Suriya Prabha, Rangaraj ; Karunakaran, Gopalu ; Rajendran, Venkatachalam ; Sun Ig Hong

Author_Institution

Center for Nanosci. & Technol., K.S. Rangasamy Coll. of Technol., Tiruchengode, India

Volume

9

Issue

4

fYear

2015

fDate

8 2015

Firstpage

201

Lastpage

208

Abstract

This study reports on a facile and economical synthetic method to prepare nano molybdenum by solid-state reaction technique. Metallic nano molybdenum was synthesised from molybdenum trioxide, molybdenum IV oxide and molybdenum VI oxide through thermal decomposition technique. Metallic nano molybdenum prepared from molybdenum IV oxide was used to study the catalytic effect of molybdenum nanoparticles on the growth of Anabaena sp. The increase in concentration of nano molybdenum from 0.1 to 100% in BG11 (N^-Mo^- + nano Mo) medium increases heterocyst frequency. The chlorophyll and protein content in Anabaena sp. was found to improve when compared with bulk molybdenum particles and showed a positive influence to be used as a nano nutrient for Anabaena sp.

Keywords

catalysis; microorganisms; molybdenum; nanobiotechnology; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; proteins; pyrolysis; Anabaena sp; Mo; catalytic activity; chlorophyll; heterocyst frequency; metallic nanomolybdenum synthesis; molybdenum IV oxide; molybdenum VI oxide; molybdenum nanoparticles; molybdenum trioxide; protein contents; solid-state reaction technique; thermal decomposition technique;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nanobiotechnology, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1751-8741

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-nbt.2014.0015

Filename

7172604