Recycling pathways for platinum group metals from spent automotive catalyst: A review on conventional approaches and bio-processes

S Karim, YP Ting - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal-bearing solid wastes are an important secondary source of metals. Compared to
mining from ores, the recovery of metals, especially precious metals from rich secondary …

Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation

GM Gadd - Microbiology, 2010 - microbiologyresearch.org
Microbes play key geoactive roles in the biosphere, particularly in the areas of element
biotransformations and biogeochemical cycling, metal and mineral transformations …

Bioelectrochemical metal recovery from wastewater: a review

H Wang, ZJ Ren - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Metal contaminated wastewater posts great health and environmental concerns, but it also
provides opportunities for precious metal recovery, which may potentially make treatment …

Green nanotechnology–a new hope for medical biology

D Nath, P Banerjee - Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
The development of eco-friendly technologies in material synthesis is of considerable
importance to expand their biological applications. Nowadays, a variety of green …

Soil bacteria Cupriavidus sp. mediates the extracellular synthesis of antibacterial silver nanoparticles

F Ameen, S AlYahya, M Govarthanan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized extracellularly using a bacterium Cuprividus
sp., which was isolated from urban soil and assumed be heavy metal resistant. The …

Microbial synthesis of gold nanoparticles: current status and future prospects

U Shedbalkar, R Singh, S Wadhwani… - Advances in colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles have been employed in biomedicine since the last decade because of
their unique optical, electrical and photothermal properties. Present review discusses the …

Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles biosynthesized with Rhizopus oryzae protein extract

SK Das, C Dickinson, F Lafir, DF Brougham… - Green Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple one-pot green chemical method for the biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)
by reducing chloroauric acid (HAuCl4) with protein extract of Rhizopus oryzae to produce …