A review on biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles and its environmental applications

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Karishma, DVN Vo… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has become one of the emerging multi-disciplinary fields receiving
universal attention and playing a substantial role in agriculture, environment and …

Multifunctional gold nanoparticles: a novel nanomaterial for various medical applications and biological activities

X Hu, Y Zhang, T Ding, J Liu, H Zhao - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnology has become a trending area in science and has made great advances with
the development of functional, engineered nanoparticles. Various metal nanoparticles have …

Prospects of algae-based green synthesis of nanoparticles for environmental applications

F Khan, A Shahid, H Zhu, N Wang, MR Javed… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Green synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) has emerged as an eco-friendly alternative to
produce nanomaterials with diverse physical, chemical, and biological characteristics …

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with algae and the importance of capping agents in the process

D Chugh, VS Viswamalya, B Das - Journal of Genetic Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Nanoparticle synthesis is a very interesting area of research currently due to the
wide applications of nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a diameter ranging between 1 …

Nanobioremediation: A sustainable approach for the removal of toxic pollutants from the environment

P Bhatt, SC Pandey, S Joshi, P Chaudhary… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the proportion of organic and inorganic contaminants has increased rapidly
due to growing human interference and represents a threat to ecosystems. The removal of …

An overview of the algae-mediated biosynthesis of nanoparticles and their biomedical applications

R Chaudhary, K Nawaz, AK Khan, C Hano, BH Abbasi… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Algae have long been exploited commercially and industrially as food, feed, additives,
cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and fertilizer, but now the trend is shifting towards the algae …

Biogenic nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterisation and applications

B Mughal, SZJ Zaidi, X Zhang, SU Hassan - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology plays a big part in our modern daily lives, ranging from the biomedical
sector to the energy sector. There are different physicochemical and biological methods to …

Prospects and environmental sustainability of phyconanotechnology: A review on algae-mediated metal nanoparticles synthesis and mechanism

SS Chan, SS Low, KW Chew, TC Ling, J Rinklebe… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, researchers have proven that the employment of natural green components
in the biogenesis of nanoparticles from microalgae species is one of the ways to delight the …

Synthesis and biological characterization of silver nanoparticles derived from the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica

RA Hamouda, MH Hussein, RA Abo-Elmagd… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Using aqueous cyanobacterial extracts in the synthesis of silver nanoparticle is looked as
green, ecofriendly, low priced biotechnology that gives advancement over both chemical …

Green synthesis of magnesium oxide nanoparticles and nanocomposites for photocatalytic antimicrobial, antibiofilm and antifungal applications

M Ramezani Farani, M Farsadrooh, I Zare, A Gholami… - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
Magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO NPs) have emerged as potential materials for various
biomedical applications due to their unique physicochemical properties, including …