Green pyomelanin-mediated synthesis of gold nanoparticles: modelling and design, physico-chemical and biological characteristics

Abstract Background Synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) and their incorporation in materials are amongst the most studied topics in chemistry, physics and material science. Gold NPs have applications in medicine due to their antibacterial and anticancer activities, in biomedical imaging and diagnostic...

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Main Authors: Imen Ben Tahar, Patrick Fickers, Andrzej Dziedzic, Dariusz Płoch, Bartosz Skóra, Małgorzata Kus-Liśkiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-019-1254-2