Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Application gives insight into the synthesis of nanoparticles utilizing the natural routes. It demonstrates various strategies for the synthesis of nanoparticles utilizing plants, microscopic organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae and so forth.

ContentsPreface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiEditors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixContributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiChapter 1 General Introduction and History of Nanotechnology Morphology and Types of Nanoparticles: Shape, Size,and Morphology of Polymer-Based Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Anand Mohanam and Duraibabu DhanapalChapter 2 Methods for Characterizing Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Veena Ramesh, S. Melvin Samuel and Ethiraj SelvarajanChapter 3 Bacterial Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Reshma B Nambiar, Anand Babu Perumal, Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu and Emmanuel Rotimi SadikuChapter 4 Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles from Fungi: A Biosynthesis Approach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Babu Gajendran, Krishnapriya M. Varier, Wuling Liu, Yao Yao, Jegadeesh Raman, Yaacov Ben-David,Yanmei Li and Arulvasu ChinnasamyChapter 5 Plant-Based Synthesis Processes for the Production of Metal and Nonmetal Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Ezilrani Panneerselvam, Charles Lekhya Priya, Jayachandra Kuncha, K Venugopal, Hemant MahadeoKanwalkar, Arivarasan Vishnu Kirthi and Atul C ChaskarChapter 6 Green Synthesized Nanoparticles from Marine Microbes and Their Biomedical Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Neethu Kamarudheen, Anwesha Sarkar and K.V. Bhaskara RaoChapter 7 Biological Synthesis and Applications of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Kumar RajendranChapter 8 Silver Nanoparticles: Biological Synthesis and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Pushpamalar Janarthanan, Thenapakiam Sathasivam, Tan Hui Li, Nuraina Anisa Dahlan and RagulParamasivamChapter 9 Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapeutic Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Villingiri Yasothamani and Raju VivekChapter 10 Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Environmental Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121R Manikandan, R Kavitha, Weisong Pan, M Elanchezhian and S SelvakumarChapter 11 Mechanistic Insights into the Potentiation of Photodynamic Therapy by Nano Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129R Mala, N Hari Prasath and A.S Ruby CelsiaChapter 12 Application of Biosynthesized Nanoparticles in Food, Food Packaging and Dairy Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Anand Babu Perumal, Reshma B Nambiar, Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu and Emmanuel Rotimi SadikuChapter 13 Delivery of Peptides, Peptones and Proteins for Specific Intracellular Trafficking through TargetedNanoparticles: Nanoparticle-assisted Cancer Drug Delivery Regimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Babu Gajendran, Krishnapriya M Varier, Wuling Liu, Yao Yao, Yaacov Ben-David, Yanmei Li andArulvasu ChinnasamyChapter 14 Role of Nanoparticle in Cosmetics Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Ikram Ahmad, Awais Ahmad, Shafia Iftekhar, Sadia Khalid, Akasha Aftab and Syed Abbas RazaChapter 15 Applications of Nanoparticles in Cancer Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Subramaniyam Ravichandran, Varun Bansal and Kyeong Kyu KimChapter 16 Biocompatible Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffold for Oral Cancer Treatment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Elakkiya Thangaraju and Duraibabu DhanapalChapter 17 Biosynthesized Nanoparticles for Water Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Prathna T.C.Chapter 18 Biosynthesized Nanomaterials: Hope for the Resolution of Societal Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Mamta Dhiman, Lakshika Sharma, Abhijeet Singh and Madan Mohan SharmaChapter 19 Biosynthesized Nanoparticles and Its Implications in Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Toolika Singh, Avinash Singh, Wenjing Wang, Deapanker Yadav, Anil Kumar and Prashant Kumar SinghIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275