Biosynthesis of zirconia nanoparticles using the fungus Fusarium oxysporum

Vipul Bansal, Debabrata Rautaray, Absar Ahmad, Murali Sastry

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Abstract

Zirconia nanoparticles may be produced by challenging the fungus Fusarium oxysporum with aqueous ZrF62- anions; extra-cellular protein-mediated hydrolysis of the anionic complexes results in the facile room temperature synthesis of nanocrystalline zirconia. Extracellular hydrolysis of the metal anions by cationic proteins of molecular weight around 24 to 28 kDa, which are rather similar in nature to silicatein, is shown to be responsible for the synthesis of zirconia nanoparticles, opening up the exciting possibility of large-scale biological synthesis of technologically important oxide materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3303-3305
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry
Volume14
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

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