Synthesis and applications of silver nanoparticles

By Krishna Balantrapu. 2010

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Abstract Over the past few decades, nanoparticles of noble metals such as silver exhibited significantly distinct physical, chemical and biological properties from their bulk counterparts. Nano-size particles of less than 100 nm in diameter are currently attracting increasing attention for the wide range of new applications in various fields of industry. Such powders can exhibit properties that differ substantially from those of bulk materials, as a result of small particle dimension, high surface area, quantum confinement and other effects. Most of the unique properties of nanoparticles require not only the particles to be of nano-sized, but also the particles be dispersed without agglomeration. Discoveries in the past decade have clearly demonstrated that the electromagnetic, optical and catalytic properties of silver nanoparticles are strongly influenced by shape, size and size distribution, which are often varied by varying the synthetic methods, reducing agents and stabilizers. Accordingly, this review presents different methods of preparation silver nanoparticles and application of these nanoparticles in different fields.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry

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Synthesis paradigm and applications of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), a review (2017, neutral): “Nanomaterials are "deliberately engineered" to guide the improvement of special properties at the nanoscale.”
Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles By Chemical Reduction Method: Effect of Reducing Agent and Surfactant Concentration (2014, background): “Therefore, control over the size and size distribution is crucial and is often achieved by varying the synthesis methods, reducing agents and stabilizers [1].”
Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Copper Nanoparticles (2017, background): “The microemulsion technique is the most common chemical approach; however, it involves use of large concentration of surfactant and is expensive (El-Nour et al. 2010).”
Silver Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Application for Nanomedicine (2019, background): “The authors demonstrated that small alterations in parameters can lead to dramatic modifications in the structure, average size, and size distribution of the nanoparticles as well as their stability and self-assembly patterns [16].”