基于微生物体系合成无机纳米材料的研究进展

Recent Advances in Microbial Biosynthesis of Inorganic Nanomaterials

无机纳米材料在能源、生物医学等领域应用非常广泛,过去几十年间关于无机纳米材料合成方法的研究一直受到广泛关注。自然界中普遍存在的生物矿化过程赋予了生物体合成含有特殊结构和功能的无机纳米材料的能力。微生物体系合成的无机纳米材料具有环境友好、成本低廉、生物相容性好等优点,正成为纳米材料科学的一个重要研究领域。我们主要聚焦于微生物体系合成无机纳米材料的机理、影响因素、材料分类及其应用,总结了近年来关于微生物体系合成无机纳米材料的研究历程,并对该领域面临的挑战及未来的发展方向进行了展望。

Inorganic nanomaterials are gradually playing important roles in a myriad of fields such as energy and biomedicine.Therefore,the development of various protocols for the synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials has attracted widespread attention in the last decades.Biomineralization common in nature endows living organisms the ability to synthesize various inorganic nanomaterials with marvellous structures and diverse features.Inorganic nanomaterials synthesized by microbes are eco-friendly,low-cost,and biocompatible,thus becoming an important issue in nanomaterial science.In this review,we provide a brief overview of the recent research efforts on the microbial biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials and their mechanisms,affecting factors as well as potential applications.In addition,the current challenges and future perspective of microbial biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials have also been discussed.