Metal nanoparticles (other than gold or silver) prepared using plant extracts for medical applications

Roxana-Diana Pasca; Szabolcs Santa; Levente Zsolt Racz; Csaba Pal Racz

doi:10.1117/12.2244303

14 December 2016 Metal nanoparticles (other than gold or silver) prepared using plant extracts for medical applications

Roxana-Diana Pasca, Szabolcs Santa, Levente Zsolt Racz, Csaba Pal Racz

Proceedings Volume 10010, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies VIII; 100100A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2244303
Event: Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies 2016, 2016, Constanta, Romania

Abstract

There are many modalities to prepare metal nanoparticles, but the reducing of the metal ions with plant extracts is one of the most promising because it is considerate less toxic for the environment, suitable for the use of those nanoparticles in vivo and not very expensive. Various metal ions have been already studied such as: cobalt, copper, iron, platinum, palladium, zinc, indium, manganese and mercury and the number of plant extracts used is continuously increasing. The prepared systems were characterized afterwards with a great number of methods of investigation: both spectroscopic (especially UV-Vis spectroscopy) and microscopic (in principal, electron microscopy-TEM) methods. The applications of the metal nanoparticles obtained are diverse and not completely known, but the medical applications of such nanoparticles occupy a central place, due to their nontoxic components, but some diverse industrial applications do not have to be forgotten.

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Roxana-Diana Pasca, Szabolcs Santa, Levente Zsolt Racz, and Csaba Pal Racz "Metal nanoparticles (other than gold or silver) prepared using plant extracts for medical applications", Proc. SPIE 10010, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies VIII, 100100A (14 December 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2244303

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