A review of green methods for phyto-fabrication of hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles and their characterization, properties, and applications

Mostafa F Al-Hakkani; Gamal A Gouda; Sedky H A Hassan

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05806

A review of green methods for phyto-fabrication of hematite (α-Fe₂O₃) nanoparticles and their characterization, properties, and applications

Heliyon. 2021 Jan 6;7(1):e05806. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05806. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Mostafa F Al-Hakkani^{1

2}, Gamal A Gouda¹, Sedky H A Hassan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, 71524, Assiut, Egypt.
² Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Kharja 72511, Egypt.
³ Department of Botany & Microbiology, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Kharja 72511, Egypt.

Abstract

The aim of the current work is the introduction of a quick and simple literature survey about the bio-fabrication of the Alpha Hematite nanoparticles (α-Fe₂O₃) using the plant extracts green method. The survey manifested the utilities of the environmentally friendly biosynthesis methods via extracting different plant species, some of its important physicochemical properties, various instrumental analysis characterization tools, and potential applications.

Keywords: Anti-cancer; Anti-microbial; Biosynthesis; Hematite; Nanoparticles; Water purification.

Publication types

Review