A Review on the Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Morphologies Studied via TEM
By P. Rauwel, S. Küünal, S. Ferdov, E. Rauwel. 2015
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Silver has been recognized as a nontoxic, safe inorganic antibacterial/antifungal agent used for centuries. Silver demonstrates a very high potential in a wide range of biological applications, more particularly in the form of nanoparticles. Environmentally friendly synthesis methods are becoming more and more popular in chemistry and chemical technologies and the need for ecological methods of synthesis is increasing; the aim is to reduce polluting reaction by-products. Another important advantage of green synthesis methods lies in its cost-effectiveness and in the abundance of raw materials. During the last five years, many efforts were put into developing new greener and cheaper methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles. The cost decrease and less harmful synthesis methods have been the motivation in comparison to other synthesis techniques where harmful reductive organic species produce hazardous by-products. This environment-friendly aspect has now become a major social issue and is instrumental in combatting environmental pollution through reduction or elimination of hazardous materials. This review describes a brief overview of the research on green synthesis of silver metal nanoparticles and the influence of the method on their size and morphology.
Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
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- Characterisation and antifungal activity of silver nanoparticles biologically synthesised by Amaranthus retroflexus leaf extract (2017, background): “There is a body of information on antimicrobial activities of AgNPs biosynthesised by a broad range of plant species [19], but little attention has been given to their antifungal activities.”
- Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Growth of Wheat Under Heat Stress (2017, background): “Plant extract contain active ingredients which intend to play key role in the synthesis of nanoparticles (Rauwel et al. 2015).”
- Algal Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Biotechnological Potentials (2016, background): “Comparing with other organism such as fungi, yeast, and bacteria, algae is equally an important organism in the synthesis of NPs; therefore, the study of algae-mediated biosynthesis of nanometals can be taken towards a newer branch and it has been termed as phyconanotechnology [10, 23, 30].”
- Silver Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Application for Nanomedicine (2019, background): “The result of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis indicated that AgNPs were formed in cytoplasmic space due to the bioreduction of the Ag+ ions [45], yielding a particle size of 25 ± 12 nm in diameter.”