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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Green Nanotechnology: Plant-Mediated Nanoparticle Synthesis and Application.

Faryad Khan, Mohammad Shariq, Mohd Asif, Mansoor Ahmad Siddiqui, Pieter Malan, Faheem Ahmad

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Faryad KhanDepartment of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3786-0341
Mohammad ShariqDepartment of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5439-6595
Mohd AsifRegional Ayurveda Research Institute, CCRAS, Ranikhet 263645, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9843-1463
Mansoor Ahmad SiddiquiDepartment of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9106-1383
Pieter MalanUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Mafikeng Campus, North-West University, Mmabatho 2735, South Africa.
Faheem AhmadDepartment of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7450-0900

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

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 structure, size and yield of particles can be solved by monitoring the development parameters such as temperature, pH and reaction period. To establish a widely accepted approach, researchers must first explore the actual process underlying the plant-assisted synthesis of a metal nanoparticle and its action on others. The green synthesis of NPs is gaining attention owing to its facilitation of the development of alternative, sustainable, safer, less toxic and environment-friendly approaches. Thus, green nanotechnology using plant extract opens up new possibilities for the synthesis of novel nanoparticles with the desirable characteristics required for developing biosensors, biomedicine, cosmetics and nano-biotechnology, and in electrochemical, catalytic, antibacterial, electronics, sensing and other applications.

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biosynthesiseco-friendlygreen chemistrynanoparticleplant extractsustainable application

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PMID35215000
PMCPMC8878231

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