The Influence of Reagents on the Shape, Stability, and Toxicity of AgNPs and Their Use to Produce Polymer-AgNPs Composites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Chemical Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles
2.3. PVA-AgNP Preparation
2.4. Methods
2.5. Toxicity
3. Results and Discussion
- One peak—solution Ag4 (yellow solution);
- Three peaks—solutions Ag1, Ag3, Ag5, and Ag6 (purple, dark blue, green, and baby blue solutions);
- Four peaks—solution Ag2 (light blue solution).
3.1. Influence of Reagents on AgNP Synthesis
3.2. Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles
3.3. PVA-AgNP Composites
3.4. Long-Term Stability of the Colloidal Solutions
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Reagents | Chemical Formula | Concentration | Volume (mL) |
---|---|---|---|
silver nitrate | AgNO3 | 0.11 mM | 100 |
sodium citrate | Na3C6H5O7 | 30 mM | 8.56 |
polyvinylpyrrolidone | (C6H9NO)n | 2% w/w | 8.56 |
hydrogen peroxide | H2O2 | 30% | 0.28 |
sodium borohydride | NaBH4 | 0.1 M | 0.35; 0.37; 0.4; 0.47; 0.58; 0.7 |
Sample | Volume of NaBH4 (mL) | Note |
---|---|---|
Ag1 | 0.35 | all reagents |
Ag2 | 0.37 | all reagents |
Ag3 | 0.4 | all reagents |
Ag4 | 0.47 | except for TSC and H2O2 |
Ag5 | 0.58 | all reagents |
Ag6 | 0.7 | all reagents |
Ag1 | Ag2 | Ag3 | Ag4 | Ag5 | Ag6 | AgNO3 Solution | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IZ (mm) | 7.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
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Velgosova, O.; Mačák, L.; Mára, V.; Múdra, E.; Vojtko, M.; Lisnichuk, M.; Čižmárová, E. The Influence of Reagents on the Shape, Stability, and Toxicity of AgNPs and Their Use to Produce Polymer-AgNPs Composites. Metals 2023, 13, 1996. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13121996
Velgosova O, Mačák L, Mára V, Múdra E, Vojtko M, Lisnichuk M, Čižmárová E. The Influence of Reagents on the Shape, Stability, and Toxicity of AgNPs and Their Use to Produce Polymer-AgNPs Composites. Metals. 2023; 13(12):1996. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13121996
Chicago/Turabian StyleVelgosova, Oksana, Lívia Mačák, Vladimír Mára, Erika Múdra, Marek Vojtko, Maksym Lisnichuk, and Elena Čižmárová. 2023. "The Influence of Reagents on the Shape, Stability, and Toxicity of AgNPs and Their Use to Produce Polymer-AgNPs Composites" Metals 13, no. 12: 1996. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13121996