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- Title
Sustainable One-Step Solid-State Synthesis of Antibacterially Active Silver Nanoparticles Using Mechanochemistry.
- Authors
Kováčová, Mária; Daneu, Nina; Tkáčiková, Ľudmila; Búreš, Radovan; Dutková, Erika; Stahorský, Martin; Bujňáková, Zdenka Lukáčová; Baláž, Matej
- Abstract
A combination of solid-state mechanochemical and green approaches for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is explored in this study. Thymus serpyllum L. (SER), Sambucus nigra L. (SAM) and Thymus vulgaris L. (TYM) plants were successfully applied to reduce AgNO3 to AgNPs, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis, with SER being the best reducing agent, and TYM being the worst. The experiments were performed via a one-step planetary milling process, where various AgNO3:plant mass ratios (1:1, 1:10, 1:50 and 1:100) were investigated. Atomic absorption spectrometry indicated that the stability of the mechanochemically produced AgNPs increased markedly when a sufficiently large quantity of the reducing plant was used. Furthermore, when larger quantities of plant material were employed, the crystallite size of the AgNPs decreased. TEM analysis revealed that all AgNPs produced from both AgNO3:plant ratios 1:1 and 1:10 exhibit the bimodal size distribution with the larger fraction with size in tens of nm and the smaller one below 10 nm in size. The antibacterial activity of the produced AgNPs was observed only for AgNO3:plant ratio 1:1, with the AgNPs prepared using SER showing the greatest antibacterial properties.
- Subjects
SILVER nanoparticles; MECHANICAL chemistry; REDUCING agents; X-ray diffraction; THYMUS
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2020, Vol 10, Issue 11, p2119
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano10112119