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A review on plants extract mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial applications: A green expertise.

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In this paper, a review explores the huge plant diversity to be utilized towards rapid and single step protocol preparatory method with green principles over the conventional ones and describes the antimicrobial activities of silver nanoparticles.
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This article is published in Journal of Advanced Research.The article was published on 2016-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1904 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silver nanoparticle.

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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Azadirachta indica aqueous leaf extract

TL;DR: In this article, a simple approach was applied for synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Azadirachta indica aqueous leaf extract, which acts both as reducing agent as well as cappi...
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: biomolecule-nanoparticle organizations targeting antimicrobial activity

TL;DR: The recent advances in green synthesis of silver nanoparticles, their application as antimicrobial agents and mechanism of antimicrobial mode of action are discussed.
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Metal nanoparticles synthesis: An overview on methods of preparation, advantages and disadvantages, and applications

TL;DR: In this article, a review of different methods of nanoparticle preparations and its advantages, disadvantages, and applications is presented, which is categorized into two main types on as bottom up methods and top down methods depending on starting material of nanoparticles preparation.
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A review on green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their applications

TL;DR: This review describes the methods of green synthesis for Ag-NPs and their numerous applications and describes the comparison of efficient synthesis methods via green routes over physical and chemical methods, which provide strong evidence for the selection of suitable method for the synthesis of Ag-Ns.
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Gold nanoparticles: assembly, supramolecular chemistry, quantum-size-related properties, and applications toward biology, catalysis, and nanotechnology.

TL;DR: A review of gold nanoparticles can be found in this article, where the most stable metal nanoparticles, called gold colloids (AuNPs), have been used for catalysis and biology applications.
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Silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agent: a case study on E. coli as a model for Gram-negative bacteria

TL;DR: These nontoxic nanomaterials, which can be prepared in a simple and cost-effective manner, may be suitable for the formulation of new types of bactericidal materials.
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Silver nanoparticles as a new generation of antimicrobials.

TL;DR: Silver nanoparticles have emerged up with diverse medical applications ranging from silver based dressings, silver coated medicinal devices, such as nanogels, nanolotions, etc, due to its capability of modulating metals into their nanosize.
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Selective Colorimetric Detection of Polynucleotides Based on the Distance-Dependent Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles

TL;DR: A highly selective, colorimetric polynucleotide detection method based on mercaptoalkyloligonucleotide-modified gold nanoparticle probes is reported, which can detect about 10 femtomoles of an oligonucleotide.
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Silver nanoparticles: green synthesis and their antimicrobial activities.

TL;DR: This review presents an overview of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) preparation by green synthesis approaches that have advantages over conventional methods involving chemical agents associated with environmental toxicity.
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