A research team published a paper in the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

The study entitled “Magnetic iron oxide: preparation and characterization for antibacterial activity applications” has been published by a research team from the College of Science at the University of Diyala. The team is composed of an Assistant professor. Zeina Mohammad Ali, Assistant Lecturer Wafa Abdel Sattar, Assistant Prof. Ali Mustafa Muhammad, and Prof.Ziyad Tariq Khudair. This study uses the extract of Cuminum seeds (S1) and dried lemon peels (S2); iron oxide nanoparticles were prepared using green synthesis. After converting the extract to powder using the sol-gel method, the nanoparticles of iron oxide were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field emotion-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM). The XRD results confirmed the formation of the face-centered cubic phase of iron oxide (α-Fe2O3) with high purity and strong diffraction peaks for both S1 and S2. The FE-SEM image reveals aggregated particles resembling nanoparticle clusters of polyhedral, oval, and irregular semispherical shapes for S1 samples, whereas S2 samples exhibited spherical and oval shapes.