Bio-Mediated Synthesis of Nanoparticles for Fluorescence Sensors

Abstract

The nature deeds alike a hefty “bio-laboratory” embracing of plants, algae, fungi, yeast etc. which are poised of biomolecules. These indeed befalling biomolecules must stood notorious to play an active role in the establishment of nanoparticles through diverse shapes and sizes thus acting as a driving force intended for the scheming of greener, safe and environmentally benign protocols for the synthesis of nanoparticles. The contemporary chapter targets the proportional biogenic synthesis and mechanisms of nanoparticles using biomolecules. The practice of biomolecules not only diminishes the price of synthesis but also curtails the need of using hazardous chemicals and arouses ‘green synthesis’. It also emphases on aspects of binding of biomolecules to nanoparticles and certain of the applications of the biosynthesized nanoparticles as sensor for cations, anions and also biosensors.