Green Nanotechnology: Plant-Mediated Nanoparticle Synthesis and Application
Aligarh Muslim University · Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science · +1 more institution
Abstract
The key pathways for synthesizing nanoparticles are physical and chemical, usually expensive and possibly hazardous to the environment. In the recent past, the evaluation of green chemistry or biological techniques for synthesizing metal nanoparticles from plant extracts has drawn the attention of many researchers. The literature on the green production of nanoparticles using various metals (i.e., gold, silver, zinc, titanium and palladium) and plant extracts is discussed in this study. The generalized mechanism of nanoparticle synthesis involves reduction, stabilization, nucleation, aggregation and capping, followed by characterization. During biosynthesis, major difficulties often faced in maintaining the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 17.18
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- 100%
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6Topics & keywords
- Nanotechnology
- Nanoparticle
- Green chemistry
- Materials science
- Environmentally friendly
- Biochemical engineering
- Chemistry
- Catalysis