Insights into Nanopesticides for Ticks: The Superbugs of Livestock

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Bioactive material</td><td class="align_center">Metal</td><td class="align_center">Metallic nanoparticles</td><td class="align_center">Maximum absorbance wavelength (nm)</td><td class="align_center">Shapes of the nanoparticles</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bee honey</td><td class="align_center">Silver (Ag)</td><td class="align_center">AgNPs</td><td class="align_center">UV-vis spectroscopy and FTIR show max absorbance at 420 nm</td><td class="align_center">Revealed by TEM circular shape 4 nm, XRD nanocrystallity 6 nm</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bee honey</td><td class="align_center">Gold (Au)</td><td class="align_center">AuNPs</td><td class="align_center">UV-vis spectroscopy max absorbance 541 nm</td><td class="align_center">TEM shows anisotropic shape of rod, sphere, and triangle<br/>XRD shows crystalline shape with 15 nm</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cob web</td><td class="align_center">Silver (Ag)</td><td class="align_center">AgNps</td><td class="align_center">UV-vis spectroscopy and SAED show max absorbance at 436 nm</td><td class="align_center">3-50 nm, spherical</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>FTIR: Fourier-transform infrared; TEM: transmission electron microscopy; XRD: X-ray crystallography; SAED: selected area electron diffraction.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Characteristics of salient nanopesticides prepared from arthropods.</div>

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