Novel Model for Classifying the Toxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

Authors Harshal P. Varade1, Jaikumar M. Patil2, Bhagyashree Ashok Tingare3, P. William4 , Vaibhav D. Dabhade5, R.A. Kapgate6, Sachin K. Korde7
Affiliations

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sanjivani College of Engineering, Kopargaon, MH, India

2Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon, SGBAU, Amravati, India

3Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, D Y Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi, Pune, India

4Department of Information Technology, Sanjivani College of Engineering, Kopargaon, MH, India

5MET Institute of Engineering, Nashik, India

6Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Sanjivani College of Engineering, Kopargaon, MH, India

7Department of Information Technology, Pravara Rural Engineering College, SPPU, Pune, India

Е-mail varadeharshalmech@sanjivani.org.in
Issue Volume 17, Year 2025, Number 3
Dates Received 10 April 2025; revised manuscript received 21 June 2025; published online 27 June 2025
Citation Harshal P. Varade, Jaikumar M. Patil, et al., J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 17 No 3, 03024 (2025)
DOI https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.17(3).03024
PACS Number(s) 07.05.Mh, 77.84.Bw
Keywords Metal oxide (4) , Nanoparticles (NPs), Toxicity, Non-toxicity, Machine learning (ML).
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Metal oxide nanoparticles (MeOxNP) are receiving increasing attention in the last few years due to their various applications in electronics, medicine, and environmental remediation. However, their potential toxicity poses significant hurdles for safe usage. Therefore, this paper aims at developing a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based model for the efficient classification of the toxicity of MeOxNP using a Dynamic Pelican Optimizer finetuned Random Forest (DPO-RF) technique. A database has been prepared considering different types of nanoparticles (NPs) such as Al2O3, CuO, Fe2O3, TiO2, and ZnO, and the most important key physicochemical attributes. This model is followed by pre-processing using handling of missing values with imputation and performing standardization by applying the Z-score normalization. Features were extracted with principal component analysis (PCA) reducing dimension while keeping the vital information associated with toxicity in this model. The applied DPO-RF based model enhanced the feature selection of this model while achieving enhanced accuracy through adaptive exploration of this model. The results reflect the valid classification of MeOxNP either as toxic or non-toxic, which implies a total accuracy of about 98.2 % for classes of toxicity, and a corresponding accuracy rate of about 98.5 % for classes of nontoxicity, which is offering some important implications for the assessment of potential risks while using the respective nanotechnology application.

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