Gold nanorod production by cyanobacteria-a green chemistry approach

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-60

  Parial, Dipannita ^a   Patra, Hirak K ^a   Roychoudhury, Piya ^a   Dasgupta, Anjan Kr ^a   Pal, Ruma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Green chemistry; Nanorods; Nostoc ellipsosporum; TEM

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC ELLIPSOSPORUM; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 84855824736     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-010-9645-0     Document Type: Article

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