Contributors                                       vii
Preface                                            xi
    1 Green Technology for Nanoparticles in        1  (12)
    Biomedical Applications
          Kelvii Wei Guo
    2 Multiple Strategic Approaches for Green      13 (18)
    Synthesis and Application of Silver and
    Gold Nanoparticles
          Kevin John Pulikotil Anthony
          Muralidharan Murugan
          Muniyandi Jeyaraj
          Sangiliyandi Gurunathan
    3 Role of Natural Products in Green            31 (22)
    Synthesis of Nanoparticles
          Mumtaz Ali
          Mohammad Arfan
          Ahmad Reza Shahverdi
    4 Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles        53 (8)
    Using Algae
          Hassan Korbekandi
          Siavash Iravani
    5 Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles by       61 (18)
    Diatoms and Chrysophytes -- Prospects and
    Applications
          Gabriela Kratosova
          Ivo Vavra
          Katerina Horska
          Ondrej Zivotsky
          Yvonne Nemcova
          Marketa Bohunicka
          Jiri Slabotinsky
          Katerina Rosenbergova
          Andrea Kadilak
          Adam Schrofel
    6 Green Synthesis of Silver and Gold           79 (13)
    Nanoparticles Using Plant Extracts
          Zygmunt Sadowski
    7 Rolls and Sandwiches: Cages and Barrels      92 (30)
          Afolake Temitope Arowolo
          Jacqueline van Marwijk
          Aileen Boshoff
          Chris Whiteley
    8 Understanding the Involved Mechanisms in     122(10)
    Plant-mediated Synthesis of Nanoparticles
          Anal K. Jha
          K. Prasad
    9 Synthesis of Nanostructured Calcite          132(16)
    Particles in Coccolithophores, Unicellular
    Algae
          Lena-Maria Holtz
          Gerald Longer
          Sebastian D. Rokitta
          Silke Thoms
    10 Phytotoxic Effects of Metal                 148(8)
    Nanoparticles in Plants
          Alka Yadav
          Mahendra Rai
    11 Biomineralization, Properties and           156(24)
    Applications of Bacterial Magnetosomes
          Christopher T. Lefevre
          Dennis A. Bazylinski
    12 Interactions Between Plant-produced         180(12)
    Nanoparticles and Antibiotics as a Way of
    Coping with Bacterial Resistance
          Kateryna Kon
          Mahendra Rai
    13 Nanostructured Particles from               192(24)
    Coccolithophores -- An Undiscovered
    Resource for Applications
          Nikolay Krumov
          Clemens Posten
    14 Applications of Nanoparticles               216(11)
    Synthesized by Yeasts: A Green and
    Eco-friendly Method
          Martin A. Fernandez-Baldo
          Elias Berni
          Julio Raba
          Maria I. Sanz
          Nelson Duran
Index                                              227