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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2024

A Review on Bioflocculant-Synthesized Copper Nanoparticles: Characterization and Application in Wastewater Treatment.

Nkanyiso C Nkosi, Albertus K Basson, Zuzingcebo G Ntombela, Nkosinathi G Dlamini, Rajasekhar V S R Pullabhotla

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Polyherbal-Mediated Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles UsingJournal of functional biomaterials · 2026
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  4. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nkanyiso C NkosiBiochemistry and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Agriculture, and Engineering, University of Zululand, P/Bag X1001, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.
Albertus K BassonBiochemistry and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Agriculture, and Engineering, University of Zululand, P/Bag X1001, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7685-2099
Zuzingcebo G NtombelaBiochemistry and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Agriculture, and Engineering, University of Zululand, P/Bag X1001, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.
Nkosinathi G DlaminiBiochemistry and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Agriculture, and Engineering, University of Zululand, P/Bag X1001, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4759-2683
Rajasekhar V S R PullabhotlaChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Agriculture, and Engineering, University of Zululand, P/Bag X1001, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0093-460X

Funding

National Research Foundation Grant number 103691National Research Foundation Research Development Grant for Rated Researchers (112145)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) are tiny materials with special features such as high electric conductivity, catalytic activity, antimicrobial activity, and optical activity. Published reports demonstrate their utilization in various fields, including biomedical, agricultural, environmental, wastewater treatment, and sensor fields. CuNPs can be produced utilizing traditional procedures; nevertheless, such procedures have restrictions like excessive consumption of energy, low production yields, and the utilization of detrimental substances. Thus, the adoption of environmentally approachable "green" approaches for copper nanoparticle synthesis is gaining popularity. These approaches involve employing plants, bacteria, and fungi. Nonetheless, there is a scarcity of data regarding the application of microbial bioflocculants in the synthesis of copper NPs. Therefore, this review emphasizes copper NP production using microbial flocculants, which offer economic benefits and are sustainable and harmless. The review also provides a characterization of the synthesized copper nanoparticles, employing numerous analytical tools to determine their compositional, morphological, and topographical features. It focuses on scientific advances from January 2015 to December 2023 and emphasizes the use of synthesized copper NPs in wastewater treatment.

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applicationbioflocculantbiosynthesischaracterizationCu nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID39451384
PMCPMC11504074

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