Plant-Based Green Synthesis of Bioactive Nanoparticles: Innovation and Application
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 1610
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant extracts: phytochemical compounds; antioxidant properties; metallic nanoparticles; UV-VIS; FTIR; SEM
Interests: nanoparticles phytosynthesis; natural extracts; biological properties
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the focus of nanotechnology has shifted from classical synthesis methods to modern, “green” methods. These methods include techniques such as biosynthesis (the development of nanomaterials using a living organism, i.e., fungi), radiation-assisted synthesis, or phytosynthesis (the development of nanomaterials using plant extracts). Very promising, this latter method includes the use of a wide range of plant-related materials, such as pulp, core, peel from fruits, stem, root, petal flowers, and the leaves from plants or algae, while also employing a wide range of solvents (including, but not limited to, water, ethanol/methanol/acetone, and single or binary/multiple mixtures). As it was demonstrated, these vegetal materials have the ability to produce nanomaterials with a wide range of applications, including medicine, engineering, agriculture, cosmetic, or environment protection. The composition, size, shape, or stability of metallic (Ag, Au, Pt, Cu, etc.) nanoparticles was investigated using UV-VIS, DLS, FTIR, SEM/TEM, and XRD techniques, among others.
The goal of the present Special Issue is to focus on the influence of the extract composition and characteristics of the vegetal materials, relating to the properties of the obtained nanoparticles, as well as the most recent findings on the development and application of phytosynthesized nanoparticles. The extracts can be characterized through a wide range of phytochemical assays (qualitative and quantitative), as well as more appropriate, analytical methods (including HPLC or GC-MS).
Dr. Raluca Șuică-Bunghez
Dr. Radu Claudiu Fierascu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural extract
- metallic nanomaterials
- phytosynthesis
