Fungi-Templated Silver Nanoparticle Composite: Synthesis, Characterization, and Its Applications

The self-assembly of nanoparticles on living bio-templates is a promising synthetic methodology adopted for synthesizing nano/microstructures with high efficiency. Therefore, the method bio-templating offers various advantages in controlling geometries nano/microstructures, thereby increasing efficiency synthesized material towards functional applications. Herein, we utilized filamentous fungus (Sclerotium rolfsii) as soft bio-template to generate silver nanoparticle (AgNP) microtubules adhering fungal hyphae. resulting composite combines unique properties biological activity fungi. 3D hyphae–silver (FH-AgNP) was characterized using SEM, elemental analysis, and X-ray diffraction technique. Additionally, highlight application composite, dye degradation studies methylene blue under visible light effectuated, percentage 67.86% obtained within 60 min, which highlights potent catalytic FH-AgNPs degradation. Further, antibacterial study carried out against bacterium Escherichia coli, it found that 200 μg exhibited maximum Gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus) negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. Overall, fungi-templated composites are area research due their combination physical chemical properties.