Abstract
•The work assessed unreported mango peel mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles.•The mechanism of silver nanoparticles formation was discussed.•Variation in reaction conditions affected nanoparticle synthesis.•Fabrics loaded with silver nanoparticles displayed excellent antibacterial activity.
Silver nanoparticles were successfully synthesized from aqueous silver nitrate through a simple green route using the extract of Mango peel as a reducing as well as capping agent. The possible biochemical mechanism leading to the formation of silver nanoparticles was studied using FTIR. The various operational parameters were evaluated for biosynthesis process. The results obtained from UV–vis spectrum, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Transmission electron microscope (TEM) revealed that the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles are in the size range of 7–27nm and is crystallized in face centered cubic symmetry. Further, the antibacterial application of these biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles loaded onto non-woven fabrics has also been discussed. The results show that non-woven fabrics loaded with biosynthesis silver nanoparticles displayed excellent antibacterial activity.