Green synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticle using leaf extract: application for photocatalytic degradation of remazol yellow RR dye and antibacterial activity.

Synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles by the recently developed green approach is extremely promising because of its non-toxicity and environmentally friendly behavior. In this study, nano scaled iron oxide particles (α-FeO) were synthesized from hexahydrate ferric chloride (FeCl.6HO) with the addition of papaya () leaf extract under atmospheric conditions.