Nanofabrication by Cryptogams: Exploring the Unexplored

Abstract

This chapter attempts to explore cryptogams, the salient members of plant diversity as tools for nanofabrication. It presents an overview about cryptogams, its phylogeny, and role in plant diversity along with its ethnomedicine properties. The cryptogams have been gifted with immense reservoir of active metabolites having bio-reductive and pharmacological potentials. Therefore, the chapter describes the various possibilities and benefits with intent to draw attention towards these members for nanofabrication explorations. It further attempts to decipher the fundamental science behind the fabrication and summarizes the various pharmacological applications.