A Review on the Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Morphologies Studied via TEM

Table 1

Size dependent synthesis of silver nanoparticles via ecofriendly synthesis routes.

Type	Diameter	References
Bacteria
Pseudomonas stutzeri AG259	200 nm	[8]
Proteus mirabilis PTCC 1710	10–20 nm	[9]
Fungi
Verticillium	25 nm ± 12 nm	[13, 14]
Fusarium oxysporum	5–15 nm	[15]
Cladosporium cladosporioides	10–100 nm	[16]
Fusarium oxysporum	20–50 nm	[17]
Aspergillus fumigatus	5–25 nm	[19]
A. flavus	5–30 nm	[20]
Yeast
MKY3	2–5 nm	[23]
Baker’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae	60–80 nm	[24]
Algae
Sargassum wightii	8–12 nm	[25]
Plant extracts
Alfalfa sprouts	2–20 nm	[26]
Geranium leafs	14–46 nm	[27]
Chrysanthemum indicum L.	38–72 nm	[38]
Acacia leucophloea	17–29 nm	[39]
Ganoderma neojaponicum Imazeki	5 nm	[40]
Colletotrichum sp.	20–40 nm	[41]
Caffeine and tea extract	60 nm	[42]
Gelatin and glucose	3.68 nm and 5.28 nm	[43]
Thevetia peruviana (latex)	10–60 nm	[45]
Elaeagnus latifolia	30–50 nm	[46]
Leptadenia reticulata	50–70 nm	[47]
Olive extract (1 mL)	30 nm	[48]
Olive extract (5 mL)	15 nm	[48]
Terminalia chebula fruit extract	100 nm	[49]
Tinospora cordifolia	17–29 nm	[50]