@article {45838,
	title = {Bioinspired eco-friendly synthesis of ZrO2 nanoparticles},
	journal = {Journal of Materials and Environmental Science},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2016},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {3068-3075},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Here we report the extracellular biosynthesis of zirconia (ZrO2) nanoparticles under ambient conditions by challenging the fungus Humicola sp. with potassium hexafluorozirconate (K2ZrF6) as a precursor. Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) showed that nanoparticles are quasi-spherical in shape with an average particle size of 13 nm. The structural investigation was done using selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and powder XRD which show that the nanoparticles are perfectly crystalline with an orthorhombic structure. XPS and FTIR analysis explained the presence of proteins on the nanoparticles surfaces.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988430948\&origin=inward\&txGid=25fe3c642542aef24895f8428cb2918b},
	author = {Uddin, I. and Ahmad, A.}
}
