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