Multifaceted Access to Nanoparticles: Fabrication, Characterization, and Plant-based Applications
Kitapta bölümler > Diğer · 2025
Yazarlar: Shahzad, Haseeba, Ali, Zareena, Karamat, Raafia, Akram, Fatima, Saeed, Saba, Farid, Muhammad Qamar, Tariq, Khunsa, Liaqat, Ayesha, Hussain, Shah, Khan, Zulqurnain, Gunay, Busra, Gulzar, Sana, Ali, Hammad, Saddiqa, Ayesha, Farooq, Faiza
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Diğer, European Organization for Nuclear Research, B, Uluslararası, 2025, ,
Özet
The rapidly growing nanotechnology lending sector offers advanced solutions across multiple sectors, with significant implications for environmental and agricultural sustainability. This chapter presents a meticulous and comprehensive examination of the conceptualization, manufacturing, and practical application of nanoparticles, emphasizing their multifaceted functionality and exceptional potential. It commences with systematic categorization of nanoparticles, including metallic, metal oxide, bimetallic, doped and conjugated variants, emphasizing their distinguishing physicochemical properties that dictate their panoramic applications. The fabrication strategies are comprehensively discussed with critical evaluation of chemical method, green method, and coprecipitation method, each analyzed for its operational efficiency, scalability, and ecological impact. Besides this, the comparative evaluation of important characterization techniques like UV–Visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is illustrated, illuminating their underlying principles, analytical concerns and interpretive potential in anticipating nanoparticle structure, morphology and elemental composition. The chapter further delves into plant-based applications exhibiting nanomaterials as potent biostimulants, intelligent vectors for agrochemical delivery, antimicrobial agents and nanofungicides. Noteworthy emphasis is placed on the contribution of nanoparticles in fortifying crop resilience, optimizing nutrient delivery approaches and advancing disease control strategies. The chapter concludes with a forward-looking perspective, endorsing sustainable nano-enabled agriculture, the evolution of advanced techniques and strategic incorporation of smart nanomaterials in precision farming paradigms. This work aims to serve as a foundational reference for researchers, agronomists and materials scientists operating at the nexus of nanoscience and plant biotechnology.