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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
卷 183, 期 -, 页码 22-32出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.021
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Biosynthesis; Fungus; Gold nanoparticles; Optimization; Remediation; Organic dye
in recent years, the surging demand of nanomaterials has boosted unprecedented expansion of research for the development of high yielding and sustainable synthesis methods which can deliver nanomaterials with desired characteristics. Unlike the well-established physico-chemical methods which have various limitations; biological methods inspired by mimicking natural biomineralization processes have great potential for nanoparticle synthesis. An eco-friendly and sustainable biological method that deliver particles with well-defined shape, size and compositions can be developed by selecting a proficient organism followed by fine tuning of various process parameter. The present study revealed high metal tolerance ability of a soil fungus Cladosporium oxysporum AJP03 and its potential for extracellular synthesis of gold nanoparticles. The morphology, composition and crystallinity of nanoparticles were confirmed using, standard techniques. The synthesized particles were quasi-spherical in shape with fcc packing and an average particle size of 7232 +/- 21.80 nm. A series of experiments were conducted to study the effect of different process parameters on particle size and yield. Biomass: water ratio of 1:5 and 1 mM precursor salt concentration at physiological pH (7.0) favoured the synthesis of well-defined gold nanoparticles with maximum yield. The as-synthesized nanoparticles showed excellent satalytic efficiency towards sodium borohydride mediated reduction of rhodamine B (2.5 x 10(-5) M) within 7 min of reaction time under experimental conditions. Presence of proteins as capping material on the nano particle surface was found to be responsible for this remarkable catalytic efficiency. The present approach can be extrapolated to develop controlled and up-scalable process for mycosynthesis of nanoparticles for diverse applications. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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