A Review on Silver Nanoparticles: Classification, Various Methods Of
water Review A Review on Silver Nanoparticles: Classification, Various Methods of Synthesis, and Their Potential Roles in Biomedical Applications and Water Treatment Muhammad Zahoor 1,* , Nausheen Nazir 1 , Muhammad Iftikhar 1, Sumaira Naz 1, Ivar Zekker 2,*, Juris Burlakovs 3 , Faheem Uddin 4, Abdul Waheed Kamran 5, Anna Kallistova 6, Nikolai Pimenov 6 and Farhat Ali Khan 7 1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Malakand, Chakdara 18800, Pakistan; nausheen.nazir@uom.edu.pk (N.N.); miftekhar355@gmail.com (M.I.); sumaira.biochem@gmail.com (S.N.) 2 Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia 3 Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51006 Tartu, Estonia; Juris.burlakovs@emu.ee 4 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Mardan 23200, Pakistan; faheemproudpak@gmail.com 5 Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, Chakdara 18800, Pakistan; waheedkamran1989@gmail.com 6 Research Centre of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, 119071 Moscow, Russia; kallistoanna@mail.ru (A.K.); npimenov@mail.ru (N.P.) 7 Department of Pharmacy, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal 18050, Pakistan; farhatkhan2k9@yahoo.com Citation: Zahoor, M.; Nazir, N.; * Correspondence: mohammadzahoorus@yahoo.com (M.Z.); ivar.zekker@ut.ee (I.Z.) Iftikhar, M.; Naz, S.; Zekker, I.; Burlakovs, J.; Uddin, F.; Kamran, A.W.; Kallistova, A.; Pimenov, N.; Abstract: Recent developments in nanoscience have appreciably modified how diseases are pre- et al. A Review on Silver vented, diagnosed, and treated. Metal nanoparticles, specifically silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), are Nanoparticles: Classification, Various widely used in bioscience. From time to time, various synthetic methods for the synthesis of AgNPs Methods of Synthesis, and Their are reported, i.e., physical, chemical, and photochemical ones.
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