Fabrication of Metal Nanoparticles from Fungi and Metal Salts: Scope and Application

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-15

  Siddiqi, Khwaja Salahuddin ^a   Husen, Azamal ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Fungi; Green synthesis; Metal nanoparticles; Plant

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGI; METALS; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; REDUCING AGENTS; SALTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL; FUNGAL STRAINS; GREEN SYNTHESIS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; METAL SALT; PATHOGENIC FUNGI; PLANT; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84975780385     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1311-2     Document Type: Review

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