A Study on Antimicrobial activity of Magnetic nanomaterial

Abstract The production and use of iron oxide nanoparticles are growing exponentially due to its wide applications in different fields of science and technology. The objective of this study is to synthesize iron oxide nanoparticles, and modification of its surface to make it less toxic. The iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by chemical co-precipitation method, and surface modification was done using chitosan. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using different techniques like UV-Vis and ATR-FTIR spectroscopes. This work confirms that toxicity of nanoparticle can be modulated by surface modification with biocompatible compounds.