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- Title
Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis via Photochemical Reduction with Sodium Citrate.
- Authors
Pascu, Bogdan; Negrea, Adina; Ciopec, Mihaela; Duteanu, Narcis; Negrea, Petru; Bumm, Lloyd A.; Grad, Oana; Nemeş, Nicoleta Sorina; Mihalcea, Cătălina; Duda-Seiman, Daniel Marius
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to provide a simple and efficient photoassisted approach to synthesize silver nanoparticles, and to elucidate the role of the key factors (synthesis parameters, such as the concentration of TSC, irradiation time, and UV intensity) that play a major role in the photochemical synthesis of silver nanoparticles using TSC, both as a reducing and stabilizing agent. Concomitantly, we aim to provide an easy way to evaluate the particle size based on Mie theory. One of the key advantages of this method is that the synthesis can be "activated" whenever or wherever silver nanoparticles are needed, by premixing the reactants and irradiating the final solution with UV radiation. UV irradiance was determined by using Keitz's theory. This argument has been verified by premixing the reagents and deposited them in an enclosed space (away from sunlight) at 25 °C, then checking them for three days. Nothing happened, unless the sample was directly irradiated by UV light. Further, obtained materials were monitored for 390 days and characterized using scanning electron microscopy, UV-VIS, and transmission electron microscopy.
- Subjects
NANOPARTICLE synthesis; SILVER nanoparticles; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; SILVER; ULTRAVIOLET radiation; CITRATES; MIE scattering; PHOTOTHERMAL effect
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 1, p255
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms24010255