ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Green-Synthesized Nanomaterials for Water Disinfection: Mechanisms, Efficacy, and Environmental Safety.
Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Application of Nanotechnology in Detection and Removal of Pollutants in Water System.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Phyto-Mediated Versus Conventional Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation: Surface Chemistry, Removal Mechanisms, Performance, and Sustainability.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Sustainable Atmospheric Water Harvesting Nanocomposite Films Based on Green-Synthesized Oxide-Chitosan.Polymers · 2026Article
- Sustainable nanomaterials for precision dental medicine: green synthesis, therapeutic applications, and future directions.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Safe drinking water is essential, yet millions of people remain exposed to contaminated supplies. Conventional treatments such as chlorination and UV light can kill microbes, but they also create harmful byproducts, face resistance issues, and are not always sustainable. Green-synthesized nanomaterials (GSNMs) are emerging as an eco-friendly alternative. Produced with plants, microbes, algae, and natural polymers, these materials merge nanotechnology with green chemistry. Among them, silver, zinc oxide, copper oxide, titanium dioxide, and graphene-based nanomaterials show strong antimicrobial effects by disrupting membranes, generating reactive oxygen species (ROS), and damaging genetic material. Compared with chemically made nanoparticles, GSNMs are often safer, cheaper, and more environmentally compatible. Nevertheless, concerns about toxicity, environmental fate, and large-scale use remain. This review highlights recent progress in GSNM synthesis, antimicrobial mechanisms, and safety considerations, highlighting their potential to enable sustainable water disinfection while identifying critical areas for further research.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.