Investigation of the optical properties of Mg(OH)2 and MgO nanostructures obtained by microwave-assisted methods

MgO nanoparticles as antibacterial agent: preparation and activity

“…MgO is an important inorganic material with a wide band-gap (Al-Gaashani et al, 2012). It has been used in many applications such as catalysis, catalyst supports, toxic waste remediation, refractory materials and adsorbents, additive in heavy fuel oils, reflecting and anti-reflecting coatings, superconducting and ferroelectric thin films as the substrate, superconductors and lithium ion batteries, etc (Ouraipryvan et al, 2009;Mirzaei and Davoodnia, 2012).…”

Rapid surfactant-free synthesis of Mg(OH)2 nanoplates and pseudomorphic dehydration to MgO

“…Intriguingly, Al-Gaashani et al observed two different co-existing product morphologies when magnesium metal is reacted with water to produce MgIJOH) 2 in a microwave field. 17 They suggested that different Mg species in solution were the origin of this morphological diversity. We see no evidence for equivalent phenomena in the hydration of MgO.…”

“…It was only recently that Al-Gaashani et al made a significant advance in the first additive-free synthesis of MgIJOH) 2 using microwaves; a mixture of hydroxide nanoparticles and nanosheets was synthesised from Mg powder and water in a domestic microwave oven (DMO). 17 Herein we present the results of synthesis experiments to prepare MgIJOH) 2 from readily available, inexpensive MgO and water by a facile, MW hydrothermal route. The method produces hexagonal nanoplates of single-phase hydroxide in less than 3 minutes without the requirement of surfactants or templating agents.…”

Synthesis of Nα-protected formamides from amino acids using MgO nano catalyst: Study of molecular docking and antibacterial activity

“…Di erent methods are available in the literature to prepare MgO Nps, e.g., sonochemical method, precipitation, solvothermal method, microwave irradiations, carbothermic reduction, solid-state reaction, thermal decomposition of precursor, etc. [8][9][10][11][12][13]. Chemical methods of synthesis lead to the presence of some toxic chemicals absorbed on the surface, which may cause harmful e ects in medical applications.…”