Synergetic tellurium influence on aluminium borophosphate glass material for structural and antimicrobial activities

Abstract

AlX.YB2O3 [(6-X-Y)P2O5]. TeO3 (X = 3, 2, 1, and Y = 2.5, 1.5, and 0.5) were sintered for 2 hours at 800°C using the sol-gel method. The ultraviolet-visible study shows maximum absorbance at 264 nm with optical band gap energy range of 4.21 to 4.24 eV. The X-ray diffraction pattern confirmed the arrangement of the FCC structure with an average crystallite size of 21.63–25.77 nm. The morphological structure was investigated using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and their size was confirmed by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM).The energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), which validated the TeO3 composition. The highly magnetic character was estimated using the Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) technique. It is extensively used as a conducting material because of its low dielectric loss. The glass material shows the application towards the various antimicrobial activities.