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Review

Toward a Better Understanding of Metal Nanoparticles, a Novel Strategy from Eucalyptus Plants

by
Hanadi Sawalha
1,2,
Rambod Abiri
3,
Ruzana Sanusi
1,3,
Noor Azmi Shaharuddin
2,4,
Aida Atiqah Mohd Noor
1,2,
Nor Aini Ab Shukor
1,3,
Hazandy Abdul-Hamid
1,3 and
Siti Aqlima Ahmad
1,2,*
1
Laboratory of Bioresource Management, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), University Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
2
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
3
Department of Forestry Science and Biodiversity, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, University Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
4
Institute of Plantation Studies, University Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Plants 2021, 10(5), 929; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050929
Submission received: 4 March 2021 / Revised: 28 March 2021 / Accepted: 2 April 2021 / Published: 7 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanotechnology Advances in Plant Science and Biotechnology)
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Abstract

Nanotechnology is a promising tool that has opened the doors of improvement to the quality of human’s lives through its potential in numerous technological aspects. Green chemistry of nanoscale materials (1–100 nm) is as an effective and sustainable strategy to manufacture homogeneous nanoparticles (NPs) with unique properties, thus making the synthesis of green NPs, especially metal nanoparticles (MNPs), the scientist’s core theme. Researchers have tested different organisms to manufacture MNPs and the results of experiments confirmed that plants tend to be the ideal candidate amongst all entities and are suitable to synthesize a wide variety of MNPs. Natural and cultivated Eucalyptus forests are among woody plants used for landscape beautification and as forest products. The present review has been written to reflect the efficacious role of Eucalyptus in the synthesis of MNPs. To better understand this, the route of extracting MNPs from plants, in general, and Eucalyptus, in particular, are discussed. Furthermore, the crucial factors influencing the process of MNP synthesis from Eucalyptus as well as their characterization and recent applications are highlighted. Information gathered in this review is useful to build a basis for new prospective research ideas on how to exploit this woody species in the production of MNPs. Nevertheless, there is a necessity to feed the scientific field with further investigations on wider applications of Eucalyptus-derived MNPs.
Keywords: Eucalyptus; nanoparticles; metal nanoparticles; biosynthesis; nanotechnology Eucalyptus; nanoparticles; metal nanoparticles; biosynthesis; nanotechnology

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Sawalha, H.; Abiri, R.; Sanusi, R.; Shaharuddin, N.A.; Noor, A.A.M.; Ab Shukor, N.A.; Abdul-Hamid, H.; Ahmad, S.A. Toward a Better Understanding of Metal Nanoparticles, a Novel Strategy from Eucalyptus Plants. Plants 2021, 10, 929. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050929

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Sawalha H, Abiri R, Sanusi R, Shaharuddin NA, Noor AAM, Ab Shukor NA, Abdul-Hamid H, Ahmad SA. Toward a Better Understanding of Metal Nanoparticles, a Novel Strategy from Eucalyptus Plants. Plants. 2021; 10(5):929. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050929

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Sawalha, Hanadi, Rambod Abiri, Ruzana Sanusi, Noor Azmi Shaharuddin, Aida Atiqah Mohd Noor, Nor Aini Ab Shukor, Hazandy Abdul-Hamid, and Siti Aqlima Ahmad. 2021. "Toward a Better Understanding of Metal Nanoparticles, a Novel Strategy from Eucalyptus Plants" Plants 10, no. 5: 929. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050929

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Sawalha, H., Abiri, R., Sanusi, R., Shaharuddin, N. A., Noor, A. A. M., Ab Shukor, N. A., Abdul-Hamid, H., & Ahmad, S. A. (2021). Toward a Better Understanding of Metal Nanoparticles, a Novel Strategy from Eucalyptus Plants. Plants, 10(5), 929. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050929

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