A comprehensive review on green synthesis of nature-inspired metal nanoparticles: Mechanism, application and toxicity

A Rana, K Yadav, S Jagadevan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have emerged as one of the most sought-after materials finding application in
various sectors. Synthesis of green nanoparticles have attracted extensive interest …

Biological nanofactories: Using living forms for metal nanoparticle synthesis

S Srivastava, Z Usmani, AG Atanasov… - Mini Reviews in …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Metal nanoparticles are nanosized entities with dimensions of 1-100 nm that are
increasingly in demand due to applications in diverse fields like electronics, sensing …

Nature-inspired biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles for antibacterial applications

A Ahmed, M Usman, Z Ji, M Rafiq, B Yu, Y Shen… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, nanotechnology has been empowered as a new and developing
interdisciplinary region of science and innovation that coordinates material science and …

Recycling pathways for platinum group metals from spent automotive catalyst: A review on conventional approaches and bio-processes

S Karim, YP Ting - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal-bearing solid wastes are an important secondary source of metals. Compared to
mining from ores, the recovery of metals, especially precious metals from rich secondary …

Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation

GM Gadd - Microbiology, 2010 - microbiologyresearch.org
Microbes play key geoactive roles in the biosphere, particularly in the areas of element
biotransformations and biogeochemical cycling, metal and mineral transformations …

Bioelectrochemical metal recovery from wastewater: a review

H Wang, ZJ Ren - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Metal contaminated wastewater posts great health and environmental concerns, but it also
provides opportunities for precious metal recovery, which may potentially make treatment …

Green nanotechnology–a new hope for medical biology

D Nath, P Banerjee - Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
The development of eco-friendly technologies in material synthesis is of considerable
importance to expand their biological applications. Nowadays, a variety of green …

Soil bacteria Cupriavidus sp. mediates the extracellular synthesis of antibacterial silver nanoparticles

F Ameen, S AlYahya, M Govarthanan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized extracellularly using a bacterium Cuprividus
sp., which was isolated from urban soil and assumed be heavy metal resistant. The …

Microbial synthesis of gold nanoparticles: current status and future prospects

U Shedbalkar, R Singh, S Wadhwani… - Advances in colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles have been employed in biomedicine since the last decade because of
their unique optical, electrical and photothermal properties. Present review discusses the …

X-ray-based techniques to study the nano–bio interface

C Sanchez-Cano, RA Alvarez-Puebla, JM Abendroth… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …