A comparison of technologies for remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils

S Khalid, M Shahid, NK Niazi, B Murtaza, I Bibi… - Journal of geochemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with persistent and potentially (eco) toxic heavy metal (loid) s is
ubiquitous around the globe. Concentration of these heavy metal (loid) s in soil has …

[HTML][HTML] Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles: a review

D Sharma, S Kanchi, K Bisetty - Arabian journal of chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The nature acts like a large “bio-laboratory” comprising of plants, algae, fungi, yeast, etc.
which are composed of biomolecules. These naturally occurring biomolecules have been …

Biological nanofactories: Using living forms for metal nanoparticle synthesis

S Srivastava, Z Usmani, AG Atanasov… - Mini Reviews in …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Metal nanoparticles are nanosized entities with dimensions of 1-100 nm that are
increasingly in demand due to applications in diverse fields like electronics, sensing …

Prospects of colloidal nanocrystals for electronic and optoelectronic applications

DV Talapin, JS Lee, MV Kovalenko… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals (NCs) discussed in this Review are tiny crystals of metals, semiconductors,
and magnetic material consisting of hundreds to a few thousand atoms each. Their size …

Recent advances in biochar engineering for soil contaminated with complex chemical mixtures: Remediation strategies and future perspectives

J Anae, N Ahmad, V Kumar, VK Thakur… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal/metalloids (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil have
caused serious environmental problems, compromised agriculture quality, and have …

Nanoscale forces and their uses in self‐assembly

KJM Bishop, CE Wilmer, S Soh, BA Grzybowski - small, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The focus of nanoscience and nanotechnology is gradually shifting from the synthesis of
individual components to their assembly into larger systems and nanostructured materials …

Magnetic nanoparticles: recent advances in synthesis, self-assembly and applications

S Singamaneni, VN Bliznyuk, C Binek… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured magnetic materials have a variety of promising applications spreading from
nano-scale electronic devices, sensors and high-density data storage media to controlled …

The role of interparticle and external forces in nanoparticle assembly

Y Min, M Akbulut, K Kristiansen, Y Golan… - Nature materials, 2008 - nature.com
The past 20 years have witnessed simultaneous multidisciplinary explosions in
experimental techniques for synthesizing new materials, measuring and manipulating …

Learning from “coffee rings”: ordered structures enabled by controlled evaporative self‐assembly

W Han, Z Lin - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Research into the evaporation of solutions is not only aimed at a better understanding the
physics of evaporation, but increasingly at capitalizing on the extremely simple method it …

Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) and their biological activity

MM Chikkanna, SE Neelagund… - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has broad applications in various areas. Green synthesis is an alternative
to conventional physical and chemical methods. Green synthesis of nanoparticles is gaining …