Influence of most reactive inorganic cation in the optical and biological activities of L-Lysine monohydrochloride crystal

Slow evaporation method was used to grow the pure and K+ ion doped L-Lysine monohydrochloride (L-LMHCL) crystals which has optical and antibiotic applications. The space group, structure and slight shifting of peaks are confirmed using single crystal XRD and the powder XRD. The FTIR analysis also shows that the K+ doped L-LMHCL has a slight shifting in the spectrum which indicates the functional group of L-LMHCL and the interaction between the K+ ions. The existence of K+ ion in the doped crystal is assured by the presence of potassium in the EDAX spectrum. The wide optical band gap was found for pure and K+ doped crystal using UV spectra and these are utilized in optoelectronic and nonlinear applications. The Kurtz Perry technique specified the NLO property of grown crystals. The dielectric property crystals was studied by varying the temperature. As a result, the highest dielectric constant is observed in doped crystal. An antibacterial activity against certain bacteria like E-coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus are provided by mm range for the grown crystals. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.