TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioinspired synthesis as a potential green method for the preparation of nanomaterials: Opportunities and challenges
AU - Patwardhan, Siddharth V.
AU - Manning, Joseph R.h.
AU - Chiacchia, Mauro
PY - 2018/8/31
Y1 - 2018/8/31
N2 - Inorganic nanomaterials are widely used in e.g. healthcare, electronics and energy sectors (worth several billion $), but their manufacturing is highly wasteful and hence unsustainable. This review highlights the key reasons that make these manufacturing routes unsustainable. We present alternatives, with special emphasis on bottom-up techniques. Biological and bioinspired routes feature as emerging solutions that can be sustainable yet with the ability to produce high-value nanomaterials. Finally, the review identifies future challenges in developing these routes such that they become commercially attractive manufacturing methods.
AB - Inorganic nanomaterials are widely used in e.g. healthcare, electronics and energy sectors (worth several billion $), but their manufacturing is highly wasteful and hence unsustainable. This review highlights the key reasons that make these manufacturing routes unsustainable. We present alternatives, with special emphasis on bottom-up techniques. Biological and bioinspired routes feature as emerging solutions that can be sustainable yet with the ability to produce high-value nanomaterials. Finally, the review identifies future challenges in developing these routes such that they become commercially attractive manufacturing methods.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.08.004
M3 - Review article
SN - 2452-2236
VL - 12
SP - 110
EP - 116
JO - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
JF - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
ER -