02203nas a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041245009300055210006900148260007300217300001000290490000700300520147600307653001701783653001101800653001801811653001301829100001501842700001701857856012301874       2012                        eng d  a0927-776500aExtracellular biosynthesis of platinum nanoparticles using the fungus fusarium oxysporum0 aExtracellular biosynthesis of platinum nanoparticles using the f  aPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDSbELSEVIER SCIENCE BVcSEP  a27-310 v973 a<p>Nanoscience is a blooming field and promises a better future. In order to fabricate nanoparticles in an eco-friendly and inexpensive manner, significant efforts are being made to replace the chemical and physical methods currently being used with the biological methods. Chemical methods are toxic while the physical ones are very expensive. Biological methods, apart from being cost-effective, also provide protein capped nanoparticles which are thus very stable, have good dispersity and do not flocculate, and may find use in various applications. The present work emphasizes on platinum nanoparticles synthesis protocol which occurs at ambient conditions. The fungus Fusarium oxysporum when incubated with hexachloroplatinic acid (H2PtCl6) in ambient conditions reduces the precursor and leads to the formation of stable extracellular platinum nanoparticles. The biosynthesis of platinum nanoparticles was monitored by UV-visible spectroscopy and these nanoparticles were completely characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The nanoparticles are in the size range of 5-30 nm and are stabilized by proteins present in the solution. The reduction process is believed to occur enzymatically, thus creating the possibility of a rational, fungal-based method for the synthesis of nanoparticles over a wide range of chemical compositions. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>10aBiosynthesis10aFungus10aNanoparticles10aplatinum1 aSyed, Asad1 aAhmad, Absar  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/extracellular-biosynthesis-platinum-nanoparticles-using-fungus-fusarium-oxysporum-0