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Future Prospects of Nanobotany

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Nanoparticles synthesized from plant materials or plant products have a bright future ahead. This chapter covers a brief overview of the progress going on in nanotechnology, its future applications or expectations. There are different industries which hope to revolutionalize by the practical introduction of nanotechnology. Fields of science like medicine, health, robostics, food sciences, agriculture, all are supposed to be highly influenced by nanotechnology in a few upcoming years. A real research is needed to overcome all the flaws and drawbacks.

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Javad, S., Ansari, M., Akhtar, I. (2018). Future Prospects of Nanobotany. In: Javad, S., Butt, A. (eds) Nanobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77119-9_11

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