Noble Metal Nanoparticles: Plant-Mediated Synthesis, Mechanistic Aspects of Synthesis, and Applications

Abstract

In recent years, the progress of efficient green chemistry approaches for the fabrication of commercially viable noble metallic nanoparticles has become a major focus of researchers. The present review has focused on the various plant-mediated nanoparticle fabrication approaches, with brief discussions on the categories of various plant-mediated synthesis approaches and mechanistic aspects of plant-mediated nanoparticle synthesis. The review also focused on the commercial applications of plant-mediated noble metal nanoparticles. Significant remarks on the limitations of plant-mediated fabrication approaches with prospective future direction are also examined.