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Table 5 Nanoparticles synthesis from some algae
Algal species
Metal
Size (nm)
Shape
References
Ulva lactuca
Ag
–
Spherical
Murugan et al.
(2015)
Leptolyngbya
valderianum
Ag
2–20
Spherical
Roychoudhury and
Pal (2014)
Spirogyra varians
Ag
35
Squasi-spheres
Salari et al. (2016)
Laminaria japonica Ag
31
Spherical to oval
Kim et al. (2018)
Sargassum
tenerrimum
Ag
20
Spherical
Kumar et al. (2012)
Sargassum muticum Ag
43–79
Spherical
Madhiyazhagan et al.
(2015)
Porphyra
vietnamensis
Ag
13 ± 03
Spherical
Venkatpurwar and
Pokharkar (2011)
Scenedesmus sp.
Ag
15–20
Spherical, crystalline
Jena et al. (2014)
Pithophora
oedogonia
Ag
25–44
Cubical, hexagonal
Sinha et al. (2015)
Padina gymnospora Au
18.7–93.7
Spherical, hexagonal
and triangular
Singh et al. (2013a,
b)
Acanthophora
spicifera
Au
27–35
Spherical
Swaminathan et al.
(2011)
Padina pavonica
Au
30–100
Spherical
Isaac and Renitta
(2015)
Chara zeylanica
Au
24
Triangular
Parial et al. (2012)
Turbinaria conoides Au
6–10
Spherical
Rajeshkumar et al.
(2013)
Sargassum
incisifolium
Au
12.38
Spherical
Mmola et al. (2016)
Ecklonia cava
Au
30 ± 0.25
Spherical and triangular Castro et al. (2014)
Padina
tetrastromatica
Au
8–10
Spherical
Rajeshkumar et al.
(2017)
Pithophora
oedogonia
Au
32.06
Spherical
Nangia et al. (2009)
Prasiola crispa
Au
5–25
Spherical
Dhamotharan et al.
(2010)
Chlorella
pyrenoidusa
Au
25–30
Spherical
Oza et al. (2012)
Sargassum bovinum Pd
5–10
Octahedral
Momeni and
Nabipour (2015)
Chlorococcum sp.
MM11
Fe
20–50
Spherical
Vigneshwaran et al.
(2006)