Issue 17, 2021

Sound methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles from biological molecules

Abstract

The development of simple, green, reproducible, and scalable approaches for synthesizing nanoparticles from biomolecules is important to advance nanomaterials towards therapeutic applications. Microreactors generated by high frequency ultrasound provide a one pot-platform to alter the physiochemical properties and stability of various types of biomolecules to ultimately generate multifunctional nanoparticles with controlled size and morphology. Herein, recent advancements in the field of nanoparticles fabrication from amino acids, phenolics, peptides and proteins using both high and low frequency ultrasound are reviewed. In particular, the sound driven self-assembly of biomolecules into nanoparticles by using high frequency ultrasound, as an emerging and innovative approach, is discussed in detail.

Graphical abstract: Sound methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles from biological molecules

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
28 jun 2021
Accepted
19 jul 2021
First published
19 jul 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 4907-4917

Sound methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles from biological molecules

S. K. Bhangu, A. Baral, H. Zhu, M. Ashokkumar and F. Cavalieri, Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 4907 DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00496D

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