A
system for
plant-mediated synthesis and characterization of
vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) nanoparticles, comprising a structurally integrated device configured to perform extraction, reaction,
calcination and performance evaluation within a closed automated control loop, wherein the
system includes: a basic
chassis made of heat-insulated stainless steel, which houses a
microcontroller-based central
control unit; a bioextract preparation unit fluidically connected to a reactive
mixing chamber, the bioextract preparation unit comprising a
Soxhlet extractor with a borosilicate condenser, a thermostatically controlled heating jacket and a digital
thermocouple to maintain extraction temperatures between 60°C and 70°C; a precursor feed vessel containing an
ammonium metavanadate solution with a molarity between 0.1 M and 0.3 M, wherein this vessel is connected to the reaction
mixing chamber via an electromagnetically actuated
inlet valve and a precision
peristaltic pump; a reaction
mixing chamber with an inductive heating coil, a
magnetic stirrer plate and a temperature and
pH monitoring device configured to maintain a uniform
reaction temperature of 70±2°C during the precursor-extract interaction; a
calcination module consisting of a
muffle furnace lined with
refractory ceramic material and containing embedded
nichrome heating elements controlled by a PID-controlled temperature controller to achieve a heating rate between 5 °C and 10 °C per minute up to a
setpoint of 445±5 °C for
combustion synthesis; an optical characterization module with integrated UV-VIS
spectrometer,
Fourier transform infrared analyzer and
photoluminescence detector, each optically isolated and electronically connected to the
control unit; and a photocatalytic and antibacterial
test chamber fluidically connected to the output of the
calcination module, the chamber comprising a UV
irradiation array, an optical absorption sensor and a temperature-controlled bacterial incubation plate, the central
control unit includes a
programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to synchronize the operation of all submodules via
feedback control loops, which receive data from temperature, pH and optical sensors, thereby automating the synthesis, analysis and testing of V2O5 nanoparticles.