Research Article

In Vitro Bioactivity and Antimicrobial Tuning of Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles Added with Neem (Azadirachta indica) Leaf Powder

Table 2

Analysis of FTIR spectra of the bioactive glass nanoparticles.

Wavenumbers (cm−1)Peak assignmentsReferences
Before in vitro After in vitro
NBGSNBGNNBGNBGSNBGNNBG

473473Si–O–Si stretching[22]
566566566570570570 vibration band[22]
606606606607607607–P=O bending band, vibration band[22, 23]
804804804807807807Symmetric Si–O–Si stretching in SiO4 tetrahedron[22]
876876876C–O stretching vibration band in [28, 29]
999999999108410841084Asymmetric Si–O–S stretching in SiO4 tetrahedron[22]
138413841384O–H bending vibration band[22]
142014201420C–O stretching vibration band in [28]
147214721472C–O stretching vibration band in [28]
164116411641164716471647O–H bending (molecular water)[22]