Antibacterial activity of carbon nanoparticles isolated from chimney soot.

Carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) are isolated from chimney soot and characterised by various tools such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. The X-ray diffraction studies confirm the presence of C nanoparticles in the isolated sample. The thermal properties of the prepared CNPs are recorded using thermogravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis.