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Phytomediated Synthesis of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Applications

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Nanotechnology has evolved with synthetic as well as natural precursors, and nanomaterials can be obtained either naturally/incidentally or through engineering. Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO NPs) have found vast applications in various fields of science and technology, extending from electronics to structural engineering, agriculture and medicine. Conventionally, CeO NPs were synthesized by physical and chemical methods such as hydrothermal, flame spray pyrolysis, sonochemical, microwave, solgel, co-precipitation, etc., using chemicals as the reducing and stabilizing agents, which carry with them various biological and environmental risks due to their toxicity. Biological synthesis of NPs, using plants and microbes as a source of precursor material, is emerging as a safe and green alternative. The use of plant extracts is relatively more convenient and safer for this purpose in comparison to microbes. It also reduces the cost of maintaining the microorganisms’ isolation and culture. The ideal protocol provides a better control of shapes, sizes and dispersivity of metal nanoparticles and reduces the need for purification of the manufactured NPs, thus ridding from the extensive use of organic solvents. Synthesis of CeO NPs by utilizing the plant extract aqueous solution has gained ground due to having no adverse effect on the environment. These nanoparticles have shown their immense applications in the fields of photocatalysis and biomedicine. Due to their small size and free radical scavenging properties, they also find use in areas concerning the catalysts, sensors, solid oxide fuel cells, sun screen cosmetics, biotransformation and bioimaging and in the antioxidant and antibacterial treatments. Moreover, they provide excellent material for coating and polishing.

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Abbreviations

AZO:

Azodicarbonamide

CeO NPs:

Cerium oxide nanoparticles

CeO2:

Cerium dioxide

DSC:

Differential scanning calorimetry

FESEM:

Field emission scanning electron microscopy

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

SAED:

Selected area electron diffraction

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

STM:

Scanning tunnelling microscopy

TEM/HRTEM:

Transmission electron microscopy/high-resolution transmission electron microscopy

TGA:

Thermogravimetric analysis

WAXD:

Wide-angle X-ray diffraction

XPS:

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

    Annu & Akbar Ali

  2. Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

    Rahul Gadkari & Javed N. Sheikh

  3. Department of Chemistry, Government Degree College Mendhar, Mendhar, Jammu, India

    Shakeel Ahmed

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Annu, Ali, A., Gadkari, R., Sheikh, J.N., Ahmed, S. (2019). Phytomediated Synthesis of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Applications. In: Husen, A., Iqbal, M. (eds) Nanomaterials and Plant Potential. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05569-1_10

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