Table 1 Engineered nanoparticles of varying size and shape fabricated from various algal species
From: Fabrication of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles by Algae and their Toxic Effects
Nanoparticles | Algal Species | Size (nm) | Shape | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Sargassum wightii | 8–12 | – | Singaravelu et al. [10] |
Sargassum muticum | 5.42 ± 1.18 | Spherical | Namvar et al. [31] | |
Spirulina platensis | 6–10 | – | Govindaraju et al. [32] | |
Spirulina platensis | ~5 | – | Uma Suganya et al. [33] | |
Stoechospermum marginatum | 18.7–93.7 | Spherical and Hexagonal | Rajathi et al. [34] | |
Navicula atomus | 9 | – | Schröfel et al. [35] | |
Cladosiphon okamuranus | 8.54–10.74 | – | Lirdprapamongkol et al. [36] | |
Tetraselmis kochinensis | 5–35 | Spherical and Triangular | Senapati et al. [37] | |
Ecklonia cava | 30 ± 0.25 | Spherical and Triangular | Venkatesan et al. [38] | |
Chlorella vulgaris | 2–10 | Spatial array of Self Assembled Structures | Annamalai and Nallamuthu [39] | |
Padina gymnospora | 53–67 | Spherical | Singh et al. [40] | |
Fucus vesiculosus | Varied | Spherical | Mata et al. [41] | |
Turbinaria conoides | 2–19 | Triangular | Vijayan et al. [42] | |
Silver | Spirulina platensis | 7–16 | – | Govindaraju et al. [32] |
Oscillatoria willei | 100–200 | – | Mubarak Ali et al. [43] | |
Caulerpa racemosa | 5–25 | Spherical and Triangular | Kathiraven et al. [44] | |
Cystophora moniliformis | 50–100 | Spherical | Prasad et al. [45] | |
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | 5–35 | Round and Rectangular | Barwal et al. [46] | |
Turbinaria conoides | 2–17 | Spherical | Vijayan et al. [42] | |
Pithophora oedogonia | 25–44 | Cubical and Hexagonal | Sinha et al. [47] | |
Caulerpa racemosa | 5–25 | – | Kathiraven et al. [44] | |
Copper Oxide | Bifurcaria bifurcata | 5–45 | Spherical | Abboud et al. [48] |
Zinc Oxide | Sargassum muticum | 30–57 | Hexagonal | Azizi et al. [49] |
Iron Oxide | Sargassum muticum | 18 ± 4 | Cubic | Mahdavi et al. [50] |