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Applications of biosynthesized metallic nanoparticles - a review.

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The key applications reviewed here include biomedical applications, especially antimicrobial applications, but also imaging applications, catalytic applications such as reduction of environmental contaminants, and electrochemical applications including sensing.
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This article is published in Acta Biomaterialia.The article was published on 2014-10-01. It has received 363 citations till now.

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Gold Nanoparticles in Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Human Cancer

TL;DR: An overview of recent progress made in the application of gold nanoparticles in the treatment of cancer by tumor detection, drug delivery, imaging, photothermal and photodynamic therapy and their current limitations in terms of bioavailability and the fate of the nanoparticles is provided.
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Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles: A review

TL;DR: The present review targets the comparative biogenic synthesis and mechanisms of nanoparticles using algae and waste materials (agro waste in the presence of biomolecules) and some of the applications of the biosynthesized nanoparticles in biomedical, catalysis and biosensors fields.
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Noble Metal Nanoparticles: Plant-Mediated Synthesis, Mechanistic Aspects of Synthesis, and Applications

TL;DR: In this article, a review has focused on the various plant-mediated nanoparticle fabrication approaches, with brief discussions on the categories of various plant mediated synthesis approaches and mechanistic aspects of plant mediated nanoparticle synthesis.
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Plant-mediated biosynthesis of metallic nanoparticles: A review of literature, factors affecting synthesis, characterization techniques and applications

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the achievements and current status of plant-mediated biosynthesis of nanoparticles is presented, and a systematic comparison of literature, based on the bioreduction capacity of various plant biomass/extract towards various metals under different experimental conditions, is also provided.
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Application of nanoparticles in biofuels: an overview

TL;DR: This review critically examines the various studies in literature that have explored nanoparticles in biofuel processes such as biohydrogen, biogas, biodiesel and bioethanol production, towards enhancing their process yields and elucidates the different types of nanomaterials that have been used in these bioprocesses.
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Silver nanoparticles as a new generation of antimicrobials.

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Prospects of Colloidal Nanocrystals for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications

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Applications of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine

TL;DR: The physical principles underlying some current biomedical applications of magnetic nanoparticles are reviewed and the relevant physics of magnetic materials and their responses to applied magnetic fields are surveyed.
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