Patwardhan, SV;
Manning, JRH;
Chiacchia, M;
(2018)
Bioinspired synthesis as a potential green method for the preparation of nanomaterials: Opportunities and challenges.
Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
, 12
pp. 110-116.
10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.08.004.
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Abstract
Inorganic nanomaterials are widely used in e.g. healthcare, electronics and energy sectors (worth several billion $), but their manufacturing is highly wasteful and hence unsustainable. This review highlights the key reasons that make these manufacturing routes unsustainable. We present alternatives, with special emphasis on bottom-up techniques. Biological and bioinspired routes feature as emerging solutions that can be sustainable yet with the ability to produce high-value nanomaterials. Finally, the review identifies future challenges in developing these routes such that they become commercially attractive manufacturing methods.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Bioinspired synthesis as a potential green method for the preparation of nanomaterials: Opportunities and challenges |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.08.004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.08.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10097766 |
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