Synthesis of plant-mediated gold nanoparticles and catalytic role of biomatrix-embedded nanomaterials

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5137-5142

  Sharma, Nilesh C ^a   Sahi, Shivendra V ^a   Nath, Sudip ^b   Parsons, Jason G ^c   Gardea Torresdey, Jorge L ^c   Tarasankar, Pal ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATRIX-EMBEDDED NANOMATERIALS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLES;

4 NITROPHENOL; CHLOROAURATE; GOLD; GOLD DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELLS; NANOPARTICLES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; GOLD; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SEEDLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISPERSION; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; METAL EXTRACTION; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; REDUCTION KINETICS; SESBANIA; SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROMETRY; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROMETRY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATALYSIS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANTS;

SESBANIA;

EID: 34547233612     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062929a     Document Type: Article

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