Sergio Puelo Rubén Avila Concepción

Mr. Sergio Puelo Rubén Avila Concepción

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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27 February 2025 in Crystals
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EREiser Valle Rivera
Eiser Valle Rivera
SJSegundo R. Jáuregui-Rosas
Segundo R. Jáuregui-Rosas
SCSergio Puelo Rubén Avila Concepción
Sergio Puelo Rubén Avila Concepción
FSFanny Samanamud
Fanny Samanamud
GZGina Genara Zavaleta-Espejo
Gina Genara Zavaleta-Espejo
JJJOSE ANTONIO SALDAÑA JIMENEZ
JOSE ANTONIO SALDAÑA JIMENEZ
Mn3O4 nanoparticles have been synthesized using alcoholic extracts, at pH = 7 and low temperature (60 °C), from different masses (1.00, 3.00, 5.00, and 7.00 g) of fresh leaves from Nerium oleander and Bixa orellana, without additional heat treatment. Appropriate techniques were used to identify the secondary metabolites of the extracts and evaluate the structural, optical, and chemical properties of the nanoparticles. The XRD results confirmed the formation of Mn3O4 nanoparticles with crystallite size in the 5−8 nm range, with more notable effects on the crystallinity of the nanoparticles obtained with B. orellana extracts. The greatest effect on the bandgap was observed in nanoparticles synthesized with N. oleander extracts. Raman spectra confirmed phonon confinement, and in the PL spectra, emission bands associated with structural defects, such as oxygen vacancies, were observed. In FTIR spectra, the main bands of Mn3O4 were identified, whose intensity decreased as the concentration of extract and other bands associated with functional groups of the extract increased. TEM images showed nanoparticles were spherical with 7.81 nm (N1) and 7.94 nm (B1) average diameters. The extract from N. oleander leaves was more appropriate than that from B. orellana for the synthesis of Mn3O4 nanoparticles under the conditions used.