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Bio-inspired Polydopamine Surface Modification of Nanodiamonds and Its Reduction of Silver Nanoparticles
Published on: November 14, 2018
Analysis of Ag nanoparticles synthesized by bioreduction
L Tavera-Davila1, H B Liu, R Herrera-Becerra
1Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Colón Esq, Con Paseo Tollocan, Toluca, Estado de México, C.P. 50160, México.
Abstract:
Based on a green chemistry mechanism, small silver clusters were obtained by using biosynthesis with alfalfa (medicago sativa), controlling the size of the nanoparticles base don different pH conditions. The analysis of the samples was made with help of transmission electron microscopy methods, mainly with high angle annular dark field and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The optimal conditions were identified when the sample was obtained at pH10, which allowed obtaining an average size of 4.09 nm and a standard deviation of 1.59, mainly based on cubic like structures.
