Biosynthesis and characterization of silver and gold nanoparticles using aqueous leaf extraction of Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1833-1840

  Annamalai, A ^a   Babu, Sarah Thomas ^a   Jose, Niji Anna ^a   Sudha, D ^a   Lyza, Christina V ^a  

^a KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ag NPs; Au NPs; Biosynthesis; Characterizations; Phyllanthus amarus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864839477     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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