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 nanotechnology: A review on green synthesis of silver nanoparticles—An ecofriendly approach

S Ahmad, S Munir, N Zeb, A Ullah, B Khan… - International journal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Nanotechnology explores a variety of promising approaches in the area of
material sciences on a molecular level, and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are of leading …

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using plant extracts and their antimicrobial activities: A review of recent literature

C Vanlalveni, S Lallianrawna, A Biswas, M Selvaraj… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plant extracts is one of the most simple, convenient,
economical, and environmentally friendly methods that mitigate the involvement of toxic …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer, antimicrobial and photocatalytic activities of green synthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgONPs) using aqueous extract of Sargassum …

A Pugazhendhi, R Prabhu, K Muruganantham… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A rapid and ecofriendly fabrication of metal oxide nanoparticles using biogenic sources is
the current trend being used to replace the toxic chemical method. The present study was …

[HTML][HTML] A review on biogenic synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using plant extracts and microbes: a prospect towards green chemistry

S Ahmed, SA Chaudhry, S Ikram - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is emerging as an important area of research with its tremendous
applications in all fields of science, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, etc. It involves the …

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Bacillus brevis (NCIM 2533) and their antibacterial activity against pathogenic bacteria

M Saravanan, SK Barik, D MubarakAli, P Prakash… - Microbial …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present study is focused on the biological synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from
the Bacillus brevis (NCIM 2533) was investigated. The synthesized AgNPs were …

Algae-based metallic nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and applications

P Khanna, A Kaur, D Goyal - Journal of microbiological methods, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials (NMs) tailored via conventional physicochemical routes play havoc with the
environment that has led to the evolution of competent green routes for the actualization of a …

Silver nanoparticles in the environment: Sources, detection and ecotoxicology

E McGillicuddy, I Murray, S Kavanagh… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
The environmental impact of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) has become a topic of interest
recently, this is due to the fact that AgNPs have been included in numerous consumer …

New prospects for modified algae in heavy metal adsorption

SY Cheng, PL Show, BF Lau, JS Chang, TC Ling - Trends in biotechnology, 2019 - cell.com
Heavy metal pollution is one of the most pervasive environmental problems globally. Novel
finely tuned algae have been proposed as a means to improve the efficacy and selectivity of …