Emerging micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems and nanotechnology-based removal alternatives: a review

N Narwal, D Katyal, N Kataria, PK Rose, SG Warkar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a significant concern about the accessibility of uncontaminated and safe drinking
water, a fundamental necessity for human beings. This concern is attributed to the toxic …

Synthesis of green nanoparticles for energy, biomedical, environmental, agricultural, and food applications: A review

AI Osman, Y Zhang, M Farghali, AK Rashwan… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Nanomaterials have been rapidly developed during the last decades, yet many
nanoparticles synthesized by classical methods are toxic and their synthesis procedure is …

Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Fruit Extracts of Myristica fragrans: Their Characterizations and Biological and Environmental …

S Faisal, H Jan, SA Shah, S Shah, A Khan… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the present work, bioaugmented zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) were prepared from
aqueous fruit extracts of Myristica fragrans. The ZnO-NPs were characterized by different …

Limitations of the Tauc plot method

J Klein, L Kampermann, B Mockenhaupt… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Tauc plot is a method originally developed to derive the optical gap of amorphous
semiconductors such as amorphous germanium or silicon. By measuring the absorption …

Green synthesis of SiO2 nanoparticles from Rhus coriaria L. extract: Comparison with chemically synthesized SiO2 nanoparticles

CY Rahimzadeh, AA Barzinjy, AS Mohammed… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The usage of the green synthesis method to produce nanoparticles (NPs) has received great
acceptance among the scientific community in recent years. This, perhaps, is owing to its …

A review on current trends in the green synthesis of nickel oxide nanoparticles, characterizations, and their applications

W Ahmad, SC Bhatt, M Verma, V Kumar… - … , Monitoring & Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the current decade, nanotechnology has been most promising research field, showing
encouraging applications in the photonics, electronics, medical, and catalyst industries. The …

Algal magnetic nickel oxide nanocatalyst in accelerated synthesis of pyridopyrimidine derivatives

J Moavi, F Buazar, MH Sayahi - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
This research presents a novel biological route for the biosynthesis of nickel oxide
nanoparticles (NiO NPs) using marine macroalgae extract as a reducing and coating agent …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and characterization of nickel oxide nanoparticles using Clitoria ternatea flower extract: Photocatalytic dye degradation under sunlight and …

S Prabhu, TD Thangadurai, PV Bharathy… - Results in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study is aimed to synthesize nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiO NPs) by using
medicinal flower extract of Clitoria ternatea and examine its antibacterial and photocatalytic …

Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles and their applications in harvesting sunlight for solar thermal generation

RF Talabani, SM Hamad, AA Barzinjy, U Demir - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) have been synthesized through an easy, inexpensive, and
ecofriendly method. Petroselinum crispum, parsley, leaf extract was utilized as a reducing …

A pragmatic review on photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange dye pollutant using greenly biofunctionalized nanometallic materials: A focus on aquatic body

SS Emmanuel, AA Adesibikan… - Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water is the source of life. But unfortunately, 80% of wastewater is discharged into the
aquatic body untreated globally, of which industry is responsible for 70% of such water …