A review on biogenic synthesis of gold nanoparticles, characterization, and its applications
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The various microorganisms like bacteria, algae, fungi, actinomycetes and yeast involved in the synthesis of these nanoparticles are explained and the size, shape and functional groups involved inThe synthesis of nanoparticles and its applications are elucidated.About:
This article is published in Resource-Efficient Technologies.The article was published on 2017-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 213 citations till now.read more
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Advances in green synthesis of nanoparticles
Aman Gour,Narendra K. Jain +1 more
TL;DR: In this review, the perspectives by which metal particles can be integrated from green methods in the perspective of green methods utilized in the NPs combination are covered.
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Algae-based metallic nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and applications.
TL;DR: The present paper reviews the information available on algae-mediated biosynthesis of various NPs, their characterization and applications in different domains and concludes that algae are an appealing platform for the production of diverse NMs.
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A review on biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles and its environmental applications
Anbalagan Saravanan,P. Senthil Kumar,S. Karishma,Dai-Viet N. Vo,S. Jeevanantham,P.R. Yaashikaa,Cynthia Susan George +6 more
TL;DR: The different microbes involved in the synthesis of nanoparticles and its environmental applications are described, including gold, silver and other metal nanoparticles biosynthesis by bacteria, fungi, yeast and algae.
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Mycogenic nanoparticles and their bio-prospective applications: current status and future challenges
TL;DR: A brief overview on the emerging role of fungi in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, possible mechanisms and their potential bio-prospective applications is provided.
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Revisiting Current Photoactive Materials for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy.
Mariana Q. Mesquita,Cristina J. Dias,Maria G. P. M. S. Neves,Adelaide Almeida,M. Amparo F. Faustino +4 more
TL;DR: This review intended to cover a significant amount of recent work considering a diversity of photosensitizers and supports to achieve an effective photoinactivation and highlighted the biological challenges of each formulation to motivate the development of other effective photoactive materials.
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Extracellular biosynthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles by a novel extremophilic actinomycete, thermomonospora sp
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Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using the bacteria Rhodopseudomonas capsulata
TL;DR: In this article, the bacteria Rhodopseudomonas capsulata was screened and found to successfully produce gold nanoparticles of different sizes and shapes, but the important parameter which controlled the size and shape of gold nano particles was pH value.
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A novel extracellular synthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles using marine alga, Sargassum wightii Greville.
TL;DR: This work has investigated extracellular biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using Sargassum wightii and has achieved rapid formation ofgold nanoparticles in a short duration, according to X-ray diffraction spectrum and UV-vis spectrum.