Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications

Contents

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi

Chapter 1 General Introduction and History of Nanotechnology Morphology and Types of Nanoparticles: Shape, Size,

and Morphology of Polymer-Based Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Anand Mohanam and Duraibabu Dhanapal

Chapter 2 Methods for Characterizing Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Veena Ramesh, S. Melvin Samuel and Ethiraj Selvarajan

Chapter 3 Bacterial Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Reshma B Nambiar, Anand Babu Perumal, Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu and Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku

Chapter 4 Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles from Fungi: A Biosynthesis Approach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Babu Gajendran, Krishnapriya M. Varier, Wuling Liu, Yao Yao, Jegadeesh Raman, Yaacov Ben-David,

Yanmei Li and Arulvasu Chinnasamy

Chapter 5 Plant-Based Synthesis Processes for the Production of Metal and Nonmetal Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Ezilrani Panneerselvam, Charles Lekhya Priya, Jayachandra Kuncha, K Venugopal, Hemant Mahadeo

Kanwalkar, Arivarasan Vishnu Kirthi and Atul C Chaskar

Chapter 6 Green Synthesized Nanoparticles from Marine Microbes and Their Biomedical Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Neethu Kamarudheen, Anwesha Sarkar and K.V. Bhaskara Rao

Chapter 7 Biological Synthesis and Applications of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Kumar Rajendran

Chapter 8 Silver Nanoparticles: Biological Synthesis and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Pushpamalar Janarthanan, Thenapakiam Sathasivam, Tan Hui Li, Nuraina Anisa Dahlan and Ragul

Paramasivam

Chapter 9 Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapeutic Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Villingiri Yasothamani and Raju Vivek

Chapter 10 Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Environmental Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

R Manikandan, R Kavitha, Weisong Pan, M Elanchezhian and S Selvakumar

Chapter 11 Mechanistic Insights into the Potentiation of Photodynamic Therapy by Nano Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

R Mala, N Hari Prasath and A.S Ruby Celsia

Chapter 12 Application of Biosynthesized Nanoparticles in Food, Food Packaging and Dairy Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Anand Babu Perumal, Reshma B Nambiar, Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu and Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku

Chapter 13 Delivery of Peptides, Peptones and Proteins for Specific Intracellular Trafficking through Targeted

Nanoparticles: Nanoparticle-assisted Cancer Drug Delivery Regimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Babu Gajendran, Krishnapriya M Varier, Wuling Liu, Yao Yao, Yaacov Ben-David, Yanmei Li and

Arulvasu Chinnasamy

Chapter 14 Role of Nanoparticle in Cosmetics Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Ikram Ahmad, Awais Ahmad, Shafia Iftekhar, Sadia Khalid, Akasha Aftab and Syed Abbas Raza

Chapter 15 Applications of Nanoparticles in Cancer Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Subramaniyam Ravichandran, Varun Bansal and Kyeong Kyu Kim

Chapter 16 Biocompatible Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffold for Oral Cancer Treatment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Elakkiya Thangaraju and Duraibabu Dhanapal

Chapter 17 Biosynthesized Nanoparticles for Water Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Prathna T.C.

Chapter 18 Biosynthesized Nanomaterials: Hope for the Resolution of Societal Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Mamta Dhiman, Lakshika Sharma, Abhijeet Singh and Madan Mohan Sharma

Chapter 19 Biosynthesized Nanoparticles and Its Implications in Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Toolika Singh, Avinash Singh, Wenjing Wang, Deapanker Yadav, Anil Kumar and Prashant Kumar Singh

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Biography

L Karthik, A. Vishnu Kirthi, Shivendu Ranjan, V. Mohana Srinivasan