Bioinspired green synthesis of nanomaterials and their applications

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 452-468

  Gao, Shuyan ^a   Li, Zhengdao ^a   Zhang, Hongjie ^b  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Applications; Biomolecule; Green synthesis; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BIOMOLECULES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GREEN SYNTHESIS; INORGANIC MATERIALS; NANO-MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; NANOSCALE STRUCTURE; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC PROCEDURES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COPPER OXIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LITHIUM ION; MAGNETITE; MICROSPHERE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77958511673     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341310797575023     Document Type: Article

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