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Nanoremediation of Groundwater Contaminants Through Mycosynthesized CuONPs and ZnONPs

Title
Nanoremediation of Groundwater Contaminants Through Mycosynthesized CuONPs and ZnONPs
Creator
Mani, Vellingiri Manon; Mohammedbasha, Munaf; Sabarathinam, Shanmugam; Umesh, Mridul; Paramasivam, Deepak
Description
The global wide threatening problem is the pollution, especially water and soil pollution are biggest threats to our people. The pollution not only damages the resources but also enters the ecosystem and impairs our health. The pollution disfigures the fertility of the soil and contaminates the groundwater table which is the most reliable source of all living organisms. Due to urbanization of people and scarcity of the water resources, the people rely on the groundwater for the domestic and drinking needs. Earlier researches include the bioremediation and physico-chemical mechanisms in removal of toxic/heavy metals from water but still faced several post-treatment issues. The advancement in science and technology paved a path as nanotechnology to overcome these problems. In this current investigation, the CuO nanoparticles (CuONPs) and ZnO nanoparticles (ZnONPs) were synthesized from endophytic fungal strain and characterized which were previously reported. The groundwater samples were collected near, in, and around of the garbage-dump site of Vellalore-Kurichi village, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; three areas were selected, and water samples were collected. The basic physico-chemical parameters such as BOD, COD, TDS, hardness, pH, chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, and heavy metal(s) of the collected samples were analyzed. The adsorption studies were initiated with three different concentrations of CuONPs and ZnONPs in 100mL of polluted groundwater samples, and the kinetics was started with 0th min and extended till 180min. The adsorption rate increased with the increase in time; the CuONPs and ZnONPs adsorbed the few pollutants that also included arsenic (V) effectively. The nanoremediated samples were further taken to determine the effectiveness in aiding the plant growth promotion, and this was executed in Trigonella sp. plants. The plants were grown well which was compared to the control plants, and the phytochemical assessment was carried out. The presence of phytochemicals of the plants grown in nanoremediated samples was similar to that of control plants. Further, the CuONPs and ZnONPs have the ability in remediating the pollutants/contaminants in the groundwater. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.
Source
BioNanoScience;Volume;15;Issue;1;Article No.;175;
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
Springer
Subject
Copper oxide nanoparticles; Endophytic fungi; Nanoremediation; Phytochemicals; Zinc oxide nanoparticles
Coverage
Mani V.M., Department of Life Sciences, Kristu Jayanti College, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560077, India, Department of Biotechnology, RVS College of Arts and Science, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641402, India; Mohammedbasha M., Department of Biotechnology, RVS College of Arts and Science, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641402, India, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei City, 10608, Taiwan; Sabarathinam S., Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641046, India; Umesh M., Department of Life Sciences, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Paramasivam D., Department of Life Sciences, Kristu Jayanti College, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560077, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 21911630;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Mani, Vellingiri Manon; Mohammedbasha, Munaf; Sabarathinam, Shanmugam; Umesh, Mridul; Paramasivam, Deepak, “Nanoremediation of Groundwater Contaminants Through Mycosynthesized CuONPs and ZnONPs,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 19, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/22018.

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