A review on nanoparticles: characteristics, synthesis, applications, and challenges

KA Altammar - Frontiers in microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The significance of nanoparticles (NPs) in technological advancements is due to their
adaptable characteristics and enhanced performance over their parent material. They are …

Colloidal approaches to zinc oxide nanocrystals

J van Embden, S Gross, KR Kittilstved… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zinc oxide is an extensively studied semiconductor with a wide band gap in the near-UV. Its
many interesting properties have found use in optics, electronics, catalysis, sensing, as well …

Green synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles from plant leaf extracts and their applications: A review

AME Shafey - Green Processing and Synthesis, 2020 - degruyter.com
Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) and metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) are used in numerous
fields. The new nano-based entities are being strongly generated and incorporated into …

Plant and microbial approaches as green methods for the synthesis of nanomaterials: synthesis, applications, and future perspectives

NS Alsaiari, FM Alzahrani, A Amari, H Osman… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The unique biological and physicochemical characteristics of biogenic (green-synthesized)
nanomaterials (NMs) have attracted significant interest in different fields, with applications in …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

A review of green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using algae

A Mukherjee, D Sarkar, S Sasmal - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ability of algae to accumulate metals and reduce metal ions make them a superior
contender for the biosynthesis of nanoparticles and hence they are called bio-nano factories …

C urrent strategies for noble metal nanoparticle synthesis

G Habibullah, J Viktorova, T Ruml - Nanoscale Research Letters, 2021 - Springer
Noble metals have played an integral part in human history for centuries; however, their
integration with recent advances in nanotechnology and material sciences have provided …

Surface-modified bacteria: synthesis, functionalization and biomedical applications

S Lin, F Wu, Y Zhang, H Chen, H Guo… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The past decade has witnessed a great leap forward in bacteria-based living agents,
including imageable probes, diagnostic reagents, and therapeutics, by virtue of their unique …