Advances in top–down and bottom–up surface nanofabrication: Techniques, applications & future prospects

A Biswas, IS Bayer, AS Biris, T Wang, E Dervishi… - Advances in colloid and …, 2012 - Elsevier
This review highlights the most significant advances of the nanofabrication techniques
reported over the past decade with a particular focus on the approaches tailored towards the …

Synthesis and optical properties of silver nanoparticles and arrays

DD Evanoff Jr, G Chumanov - ChemPhysChem, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This Minireview systematically examines optical properties of silver nanoparticles as a
function of size. Extinction, scattering, and absorption cross‐sections and distance …

A novel extracellular synthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles using marine alga, Sargassum wightii Greville

G Singaravelu, JS Arockiamary, VG Kumar… - Colloids and surfaces B …, 2007 - Elsevier
The process of development of reliable and eco-friendly metallic nanoparticles is an
important step in the field of nanotechnology. To achieve this use of natural sources like …

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by Bacillus methylotrophicus, and their antimicrobial activity

C Wang, YJ Kim, P Singh, R Mathiyalagan… - Artificial cells …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by microorganisms is an area attracting
growing interest in nanobiotechnology, due to the applications of these nanoparticles in …

Structural and thermal studies of silver nanoparticles and electrical transport study of their thin films

MA Majeed Khan, S Kumar, M Ahamed… - Nanoscale research …, 2011 - Springer
This work reports the preparation and characterization of silver nanoparticles synthesized
through wet chemical solution method and of silver films deposited by dip-coating method. X …

Metal‐polymer nanocomposites for functional applications

F Faupel, V Zaporojtchenko… - Advanced …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocomposites combine favorable features of the constituents on the nanoscale to obtain
new functionalities. The present paper is concerned with the preparation of polymer‐based …

Rapid biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from Bacillus megaterium (NCIM 2326) and their antibacterial activity on multi drug resistant clinical pathogens

M Saravanan, AK Vemu, SK Barik - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2011 - Elsevier
The notion to fight against multi drug resistant pathogens is a great deal in the field of
nanomedicine. The identifiable antimicrobial action of metal bionanoparticles on many …

Morphological and Optical Characteristics of Chitosan(1−x):Cuox (4 ≤ x ≤ 12) Based Polymer Nano-Composites: Optical Dielectric Loss as an Alternative …

SB Aziz - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
In this work, copper (Cu) nanoparticles with observable surface plasmonic resonance (SPR)
peaks were synthesized by an in-situ method. Chitosan host polymer was used as a …

Au–ZnO: A tunable localized surface plasmonic nanocomposite

YK Mishra, S Mohapatra, R Singhal, DK Avasthi… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
In this letter, we report the thermal processing controlled tunability of localized surface
plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Au nanoparticles embedded in ZnO matrix. Au–ZnO …

Twinning‐Mediated Growth of Al2O3 Nanobelts and Their Enhanced Dielectric Responses

XS Fang, CH Ye, LD Zhang, T Xie - Advanced Materials, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of carbon nanotubes [1] has resulted in extensive investigations to
understand the novel physical properties of one-dimensional (1D) nanoscale materials and …