Abstract

EMERGING ROLE OF FUNGI IN NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

Juhi Saxena*, Madan Mohan Sharma, Sarika Gupta and Abhijeet Singh

ABSTRACT

Nanotechnology research represents a cutting edge technology due to its diverse applications. The synthesis of nanoparticles with high monodispersity, specific composition and size is one of the challenging issues in nanotechnology. In view of this, biosynthesis of nanoparticle is of considerable importance due to its less toxicity. Among different biological systems used for synthesis, fungi are better biogenic agent due to its diversity and better growth control. Fungi can synthesize nanoparticles both extra and intracellularly. Mycosynthesized nanoparticles found its vast application in pathogen detection and control, wound healing, food preservation textile fabrics and many more. The present review describes fungi as potent nanofactories, mechanism for synthesis of nanoparticles, characterization as well as their applications.

Keywords: Fungi, Nanoparticles, Synthesis, Applications.