title: Extracellular biosynthesis of functionalized silver nanoparticles by strains of Cladosporium cladosporioides fungus.
abstract: In the present investigation, we report the extracellular biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) employing the fungus Cladosporium cladosporioides. The extracellular solution of C. cladosporioides was used for the reduction of AgNO(3) solution to AgNP. The present study includes time dependent formation of AgNP employing UV-vis spectrophotometer, size and morphology by employing TEM (transmission electron microscopy), structure from powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique and understanding of protein-AgNP interaction from Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The AgNP were 10-100nm in dimensions as measured by TEM images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Balaji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basavaraja
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: D Bedre
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Mahesh
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venkataraman
mesh_terms: D002963:Cladosporium / Q000378:metabolism*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012835:Silver Nitrate; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D012834:Silver; D012835:Silver Nitrate