Author(s)

Sista Kameswara Srikar^1,2*, Deen Dayal Giri^1,3, Dan Bahadur Pal¹, Pradeep Kumar Mishra¹, Siddh Nath Upadhyay^1*

¹Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
²Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.
³Department of Botany, IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The bio-molecules from various plant components and microbial species have been used as potential agents for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). In spite of a wide range of bio-molecules assisting in the process, synthesizing stable and widely applicable AgNPs by many researchers still poses a considerable challenge to the researchers. The biological agents for synthesizing AgNPs cover compounds produced naturally in microbes and plants. More than 100 different biological sources for synthesizing AgNPs are reported in the past decade by various authors. Reaction parameters under which the AgNPs were being synthesized hold prominent impact on their size, shape and application. Available published information on AgNPs synthesis, effects of various parameters, characterization techniques, properties and their application are summarised and critically discussed in this review.

AgNPs, Green Synthesis, Silver Nano, Plant Extract, Microbe

Srikar, S. , Giri, D. , Pal, D. , Mishra, P. and Upadhyay, S. (2016) Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: A Review. Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 6, 34-56. doi: 10.4236/gsc.2016.61004.