Abstract:
As the world is in need of greener alternatives to methods and processes, it is also vital for development of green synthesis of products in nanotechnology. As a developing field of science it is vital to assume that more techniques in medicine and other fields such as microbiology will increase their use of nanotechnology. As such it is essential to develop and refine green methods of synthesis as has been done gradually in the previous 10 years. By-products of current methods of synthesis of nanoparticles such as Ag-NPs are hazardous to the environment and difficult to dispose of. The aim of this review is to describe some methods of Ag-NP synthesis and some applications while comparing efficiency of these green methods over the chemical and mechanical methods.
