Fungus-Mediated Preferential Bioleaching of Waste Material Such as Fly - Ash as a Means of Producing Extracellular, Protein Capped, Fluorescent and Water Soluble Silica Nanoparticles

Shadab Ali Khan; Imran Uddin; Sana Moeez; Absar Ahmad

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107597

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Fungus-Mediated Preferential Bioleaching of Waste Material Such as Fly - Ash as a Means of Producing Extracellular, Protein Capped, Fluorescent and Water Soluble Silica Nanoparticles

Shadab Ali Khan,

Affiliation Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pashan, Pune, India
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Imran Uddin,

Affiliation Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pashan, Pune, India
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Sana Moeez,

Affiliation Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pashan, Pune, India
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Absar Ahmad

* E-mail: a.ahmad@ncl.res.in

Affiliation Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pashan, Pune, India
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Fungus-Mediated Preferential Bioleaching of Waste Material Such as Fly - Ash as a Means of Producing Extracellular, Protein Capped, Fluorescent and Water Soluble Silica Nanoparticles

Shadab Ali Khan,
Imran Uddin,
Sana Moeez,
Absar Ahmad

Published: September 22, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107597

About the Authors

Shadab Ali Khan

Affiliation Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pashan, Pune, India

Imran Uddin

Affiliation Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pashan, Pune, India

Sana Moeez

Affiliation Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pashan, Pune, India

Absar Ahmad

* E-mail: a.ahmad@ncl.res.in

Affiliation Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pashan, Pune, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA SAK. Performed the experiments: AA SAK IU SM. Analyzed the data: AA SAK IU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAK IU SM. Wrote the paper: AA SAK.

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