European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY SYNTHESIS OF NICKEL NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS - A REVIEW

Gokularasan Gopu, Bichandarkoil Jayaram Pratima, Ravichandiran Ragunath,
Briska Jifrina Premnath, Manoj Kumar Srinivasan and Namasivayam Nalini*

ABSTRACT

Over the previous decade, nanotechnology has revolutionized the engineering of operating systems at the nanoscale level, most notably in the form of nanoparticles (NPs). Recently nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiO NPs) have been more considered due to their excellent magnetic properties, high surface area, semiconducting nature, complexing tendencies, and reduction capacity. It is used in many fields as catalysts, sensors, and memory storage devices. In addition, it is potentially used for magnetically controlled drug delivery, hypothermia treatment of cancer cells, and magnetic resonance imaging. This review mainly established the synthesis of NiO NPs through the biogenic synthesis process (such as plant-mediated NPs synthesis and some of the microorganisms used to prepare NPS), characterizations, and their potential biomedical applications.

Keywords: Biomedical applications, Nanoparticles, Nickel oxide, Synthesis.