@article { ISI:000257349100007,
	title = {Silicate nanoparticles by bioleaching of glass and modification of the glass surface},
	journal = {Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids},
	volume = {354},
	number = {29},
	year = {2008},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {3433-3437},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Bioleaching is examined as a low temperature (50 degrees C) soft chemical approach to nanosynthesis and surface processing. We demonstrate that fungus based bioleaching of borosilicate glass enables synthesis of nearly monodispersed ultrafine (similar to 5 +/- 0.5 nm) silicate nanoparticles. Using various techniques such as X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and FTIR we compare the constitution and composition of the nanoparticles with that of the parent glass, and establish the basic similarities between the two. The bioleaching process is shown to enhance the non-bridging oxygen component and correspondingly influence the Si-O-Si network. The root mean square roughness of glass surface is seen to increase from 1.27 nm for bare glass to 2.52 nm for 15 h fungal processed case, this increase being equivalent to that for glass annealed at 500 degrees C. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Bioglass, Biomaterials, borosilicates, narroparticles},
	issn = {0022-3093},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2008.03.025},
	author = {Kulkarni, Sneha and Syed, Asad and Singh, Sanjay and Gaikwad, Anil and Patil, Kashinath and Vijayamohanan, K. and Ahmad, Absar and Ogale, Satishchandra}
}
@article { ISI:000338818800044,
	title = {Biological synthesis of cationic gold nanoparticles and binding of plasmid DNA},
	journal = {Materials Letters},
	volume = {129},
	year = {2014},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {159-161},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Nanobiotechnology is the development of eco-friendly experimental processes for the synthesis of nanomaterials. The present work focuses on synthesis of cationic gold nanoparticles (C-GNPs) for biological applications, especially in gene and drug delivery studies. A biosynthesis methodology has been developed for the functionalization of gold nanoparticles to cationic nature. The synthesis of C-GNPs was done by using peanut leaf extract in the presence of cysteamine. The formed C-GNPs were characterized by using UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), the particles sizes and shapes were confirmed by a Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and crystallinity of C-GNPs was characterized by diffraction. The binding of plasmid DNA on the C-GNPs was confirmed by agarose gel electrophoresis. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Biomaterials, Cationic, Nanoparticles, Plasmid DNA, synthesis, TEM},
	issn = {0167-577X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matlet.2014.05.021},
	author = {Raju, D. and Vishwakarma, Rishi K. and Khan, Bashir Mohammad and Mehta, Urmil J. and Ahmad, Absar}
}
