Crystal growth and characterization of Benzimidazolium salicylate single crystal for nonlinear optical studies and antibacterial activity

S. Sakthy Priya; K. Balakrishnan; A. Lakshmanan; P. Surendran; P. Rameshkumar; Karthik Kannan; P. Geetha; Tejaswi Ashok  Hegde; G. Vinitha

doi:10.15330/pcss.21.3.377-389

Authors

S. Sakthy Priya Periyar E.V.R College (Autonomous)
K. Balakrishnan Periyar E.V.R College (Autonomous)
A. Lakshmanan Periyar E.V.R. College (Autonomous)
P. Surendran Periyar E.V.R College (Autonomous)
P. Rameshkumar Periyar E.V.R. College (A)
Karthik Kannan Qatar University
P. Geetha Quaid-E-Millath Government College for women (A)
Tejaswi Ashok Hegde Vellore Institute of Technology
G. Vinitha Vellore Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.21.3.377-389

Keywords:

crystal growth, optical studies, dielectric studies, Z-scan analysis, antibacterial activity

Abstract

Organic non-linear optical Benzimidazolium salicylate (BISA) single crystals have been harvested from methanol solution by slow evaporation method. The grown crystals belong to the monoclinic crystal system with space group P2₁/c. Good crystalline nature of grown BISA crystal was confirmed by PXRD. The FTIR spectrum analysis affirms the presence of functional groups in BISA crystal. From the UV‒Vis-Absorption spectrum, the lower cut-off wavelength (356 nm) and its energy band gap and linear refractive index were calculated. Luminescence spectrum was recorded to explore the emission peak at 426 nm. The mechanical strength of BISA crystal was determined by Vickers microhardness tester and mechanical parameters like C₁₁, H_k, K_c, and B_i were calculated for the first time. Dielectric properties of grown crystals were systematically investigated for different temperatures. Further, electronic polarizability (α) were calculated using Penn analysis and Clausius‒Mossotti equation. Z‒scan measurement was taken to explore the third-order NLO properties of BISA crystal. For the first attempt, the BISA crystals were tested against five human pathogenic bacterial, i.e. Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella flexneri, Vibrio cholerae, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Existing results established that Benzimidazolium salicylate crystals might find useful applications in nonlinear optics and antimicrobial field.

Author Biographies

S. Sakthy Priya , Periyar E.V.R College (Autonomous)

PG & Research Department of Physics

K. Balakrishnan, Periyar E.V.R College (Autonomous)

PG & Research Department of Physics

P. Surendran, Periyar E.V.R College (Autonomous)

PG & Research Department of Physics

Karthik Kannan, Qatar University

Center for advanced materials

P. Geetha, Quaid-E-Millath Government College for women (A)

Department of Physics

Tejaswi Ashok Hegde, Vellore Institute of Technology

Division of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences

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