scholarly journals Biogenic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2598
Author(s):  
Bilal Mughal ◽  
Syed Zohaib Javaid Zaidi ◽  
Xunli Zhang ◽  
Sammer Ul Hassan

Nanotechnology plays a big part in our modern daily lives, ranging from the biomedical sector to the energy sector. There are different physicochemical and biological methods to synthesise nanoparticles towards multiple applications. Biogenic production of nanoparticles through the utilisation of microorganisms provides great advantages over other techniques and is increasingly being explored. This review examines the process of the biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles mediated by microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and algae, and their applications. Microorganisms offer a disparate environment for nanoparticle synthesis. Optimum production and minimum time to obtain the desired size and shape, to improve the stability of nanoparticles and to optimise specific microorganisms for specific applications are the challenges to address, however. Numerous applications of biogenic nanoparticles in medicine, environment, drug delivery and biochemical sensors are discussed.

Author(s):  
Mohib Shah ◽  
Natasha Anwar ◽  
Samreen Saleem ◽  
Iqbal Munir ◽  
Niaz Ali Shah ◽  
...  

Background. Nanotechnology is promising field for generating new applications. A green synthesis of nanoparticles through biological methods using plant extract have a reliable and ecofriendly approach to improve our global environment. Methods. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized using aqueous extract of Anagalis arvensis L and silver nitrate and were physicochemically characterized. Results. The stability of AgNPs toward acidity, alkalinity, salinity and temperature showed that they remained stable at room temperature for more than two months. The SEM and TEM analysis of the AgNPs showed that they have a uniform spherical shape with an average size in the range of 40–78 nm. Further 1-Dibhenyl-2-Picrylhydrazl radical in Anagalis arvensis L.mediated AgNPs showed a maximum activity of 98% at concentration of 200μg/mL. Hydrogen peroxide scavenging assay in Anagalis arvensis L. mediated AgNPs showed a maximum activity of 85% at concentration of 200μg/mL. Reducing power of Anagalis arvensis L.Ag NPs exhibited a higher activity of 330 μg/mL at concentration of 200 μg/mL. These NPs have cytotoxic effects against brine shrimp (Artemia salina) nauplii with a value of 53% LD 178.04μg/mL. Conclusion. The AgNPs synthesized using Anagalis arvensis L. extract demonstrate a broad range of applications.


Author(s):  
Shilpi Srivastava ◽  
Zeba Usmani ◽  
Atanas G. Atanasov ◽  
Vinod Kumar Singh ◽  
Nagendra Pratap Singh ◽  
...  

: 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, environmental remediation, oil recovery and drug delivery. Metal nanoparticles possess large surface energy and properties different from bulk materials due to their small size, large surface area with free dangling bonds and higher reactivity. High cost and pernicious effects associated with the chemical and physical methods of nanoparticle synthesis are gradually paving the way for biological methods due to their eco-friendly nature. Considering the vast potentiality of microbes and plants as sources, biological synthesis can serve as a green technique for the synthesis of nanoparticles as an alternative to conventional methods. A number of reviews are available on green synthesis of nanoparticles but few have focused on covering the entire biological agents in this process. Therefore present paper describes the use of various living organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae, bryophytes and tracheophytes in the biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles, the mechanisms involved and the advantages associated therein.


2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tejaswi Thunugunta ◽  
Anand C. Reddy ◽  
Lakshmana Reddy D.C.

AbstractIn the past few years, nanoparticles have been applied in various fields of science and technology, ranging from material science to biotechnology. Thus, the synthesis of nanoparticles can be considered as a dynamic area in research and application of nanoparticles. The different methods of nanoparticle synthesis include physical, chemical, and biological methods. Of these methods, the biological synthesis is to be comparatively widely used due to its advantages of being low cost, nontoxic and environmental friendly. Bio-applications of nanoparticles have pawed way for green synthesis of nanoparticles. In this review, we have provided brief information on various biological agents used for the synthesis of nanoparticles.


Plasma ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-331
Author(s):  
Wahyu Diono ◽  
Siti Machmudah ◽  
Hideki Kanda ◽  
Yaping Zhao ◽  
Motonobu Goto

The application of high-voltage discharge plasma for water pollutant decomposition and the synthesis of nanoparticles under a high-pressure argon gas environment (~4 MPa) was demonstrated. The experiments were carried out in a batch-type system at room temperature with a pulsed DC power supply (15.4 to 18.6 kV) as a discharge plasma source. The results showed that the electrode materials, the pulsed repetition rates, the applied number of pulses, and the applied voltages had a significant effect on the degradation reactions of organic compounds. Furthermore, carbon solid materials from glycine decomposition were generated during the high-voltage discharge plasma treatment under high-pressure conditions, while Raman spectra and the HRTEM images indicated that titanium dioxide with a brookite structure and titanium carbide nanoparticles were also formed under these conditions. It was concluded that this process is applicable in practice and may lead to advanced organic compound decomposition and metal-based nanoparticle synthesis technologies.


Author(s):  
Sruthi Radhakrishnan

Green route for the synthesis of nanoparticles has become more acceptable than the other chemical as well as biological route. In the present study, silver nanoparticle is synthesized using ethanolic extract of Psidium guajava leaves. Further the synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Visible Spec, FT-IR, X-Ray Diffraction FESEM and E-DAX. The results of FT-IR provided evidence of the involvement of phytochemicals present in the leaf extract in the reduction of silver nitrate to silver nanoparticles. XRD confirmed the crystalline structure as well as shape of the synthesized nanoparticle as face-centred cubic. E-DAX profiling helped in determining the presence of elemental silver. The size of the nanoparticle procured by SEM analysis was found to be approximately 30-50 nm in size. Thus, the findings of this study showed that the plant assisted method for silver nanoparticle synthesis is more effective and further application level studies can shed lights on their use in healing of various human ailments.   


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 2738-2749
Author(s):  
Monise Cristina Ribeiro Casanova Coltro ◽  
Warde Antonieta da Fonseca-Zang ◽  
Joachim Werner Zang ◽  
Danilo César Silva e Sousa

Nanopartículas de ferro são muito utilizadas em diversas áreas de pesquisa. O elemento químico ferro (Fe), sendo o quarto elemento mais abundante na crosta terrestre, e a substância mineral magnetita, com propriedade magnética, apresentam aplicações nas áreas industrial, ambiental, biomédica e de novas tecnologias. Este trabalho apresenta processo de síntese de nanopartículas partindo-se de sais precursores, bem como a caracterização dos produtos e as rotas para estabilizá-los. Os sais químicos precursores utilizados foram o cloreto férrico (FeCl3) e o sulfato ferroso (FeSO4) na proporção de 2:1, sob agitação por ultrassom e pH ácido. Para formação do precipitado de nanopartículas usou-se solução aquosa de hidróxido de sódio (NaOH) de pH 12. A difratometria de raio-X, mostra a presença de magnetita (Fe3O4) indicada pelos picos característicos de difração em graus 2Ө = 18° (largo), 31° (fino), 36° (bem definido), 43,4°, 45°, 53,6°, 57,7°, 63,3°. A microscopia eletrônica de transmissão mostra a morfologia dos produtos da síntese. Fatores que influenciam a estabilidade das partículas são agitação, o ajuste de pH, condições de secagem. O tamanho médio das nanopartículas de magnetitas é de aproximadamente 15 nm.   Iron nanoparticles are widely used in several research areas. The chemical element iron (Fe), being the fourth most abundant element in the earth's crust, and the mineral substance magnetite, with magnetic properties, have applications in industrial, environmental, biomedical, and new technology areas. This work presents the process of synthesis of nanoparticles starting from precursor salts, as well as the characterization of the products and the routes to stabilize them. The precursor chemical salts were ferric chloride (FeCl3) and ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) in a 2:1 ratio, under ultrasound agitation and acidic pH. For the nanoparticles growth was applied aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at pH 12. X-ray diffraction shows the presence of magnetite (Fe3O4) indicated by characteristic diffraction peaks in degrees 2Ө = 18° (wide), 31° (fine), 36° (well defined), 43.4°, 45°, 53.6°, 57.7°, 63.3°. Scanning electron microscopy shows the morphology of the synthesis products. Factors that influence the stability of the particles are agitation, the pH adjustment, and the conditions of drying. The average size of the magnetite nanoparticles is approximately 15 nm.


Author(s):  
O. Tsehmistrenko

Nanotechnologies have an impact on every sphere of life, change approaches to environmental recovery, introduce new methods of disease analysis and prevention, treatment, drug delivery and gene therapy, affect the provision of environmentally friendly alternative energy sources, increase crop yields, animal and poultry productivity. Physical, chemical, biological methods of synthesis of nanoparticles, selenium in particular, their properties and the factors participating in reduction of metal ions to nanoparticles are considered. Limitations of nanoparticle synthesis inherent in the biological method (identification and isolation of bioactive fragment responsible for biomineralization of metal ions, analysis of ways to develop individual nanoparticles) and factors contributing to the intensification of nanoparticle production (optimization of pH, temperature, contact time, mixing degree) changes in the total charge of functional organic molecules on the cell wall). It has been proved that these factors affect the size, morphology, composition of nanoparticles and their efficiency during the synthesis. The model of green synthesis with the use of physicochemical means and their biomedical applications have been summarized. There are organisms used for the synthesis of NPs - terrestrial and marine bacteria, bacterial extracellular polymeric substances as bioreductants, fungi, yeast, algae, viruses, microorganisms. It has been demonstrated the biochemical ways of microorganisms in order to fight the toxicity of metals during the synthesis of nanoproducts and the factors that determine the toxicity of metals that are converted into nanoparticles (size, shape, coating agent, nanoparticle density and type of pathogen). The biological role of selenium and features of its influence on an organism in a nanoscale scale are shown. Key words: nanotechnologies, nanoselenium, bacteria, green synthesis, enzymes.


Chemosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 263 ◽  
pp. 128306
Author(s):  
Alok Patel ◽  
Josefine Enman ◽  
Anna Gulkova ◽  
Pratama Istiadi Guntoro ◽  
Agata Dutkiewicz ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 8392-8398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Riaz ◽  
Muhammad Altaf ◽  
Amir Faisal ◽  
Muhammad Azhar Shekheli ◽  
Ghulam Abbass Miana ◽  
...  

Nanotechnology has become an irreplaceable need and green synthesis of nanoparticles offers several advantages over physical and chemical methods. Medicinal plants are the main reservoirs of drugs and drug candidates. We report the biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using aqueous root extract of Saussurea lappa. Verification and characterization of these nanoparticles were done by UV-visible spectroscopy, XRD-analysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy and FT-IR. Extract-loaded-AgNPs showed the highest inhibition zone against Escherichia coli (11.0 mm) and intermediate against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (9.0 mm). The methanolic root extract of S. lappa alone, also moderately inhibited Pseudomonas aeruginosa (9.0 mm) and showed lower activity (6.0 mm) against Escherichia coli. Its aqueous roots extract inhibited (6.0 mm) the growth of tested organisms. Methanolic extract showed antioxidant potency (IC50 = 0.814 μg/mL). Experiments revealed the presence of phenols and flavonoids in the roots of Saussurea lappa. These findings provide promising interest to exploit Saussurea lappa for the biogenic synthesis of AgNPs and their biological applications.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (42) ◽  
pp. 8056-8064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Pacheco ◽  
Beatriz Jurado-Sánchez ◽  
Alberto Escarpa

Catalytic Janus micromotors encapsulating Cd2+ or citrate are used here as mobile microreactors for “on the fly” CdS quantum dot and gold nanoparticle synthesis.


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