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A facile method to prepare size-tunable silver nanoparticles and its antibacterial mechanism
Ist Teil von
Advanced powder technology : the international journal of the Society of Powder Technology, Japan, 2018-02, Vol.29 (2), p.407-415
Ort / Verlag
Elsevier B.V
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
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•Different sizes of silver nanoparticles were synthesized by a facial method.•The antibacterial activities increase with the decreasing of the particles size.•Contact action and Ag+ release antibacterial mechanisms were demonstrated.
The antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles (denoted as Ag NPs) is closely related to size. This could partly explain why size controllable synthesis ofAg NPs for bactericidal application is drawing much attention. Thus, we establish a facile and mild route to prepare size-tunable Ag NPs with highly uniform morphologies and narrow size distributions. The as-prepared Ag NPs with averaged sizes of 2, 12 and 32 nm were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ultraviolet–visible absorption spectroscopy (UV–vis), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The antimicrobial effect of the as-prepared Ag NPs with different particles size was assessed by broth dilution and disk diffusion as well as measurement of optical density (OD600). Moreover, their antibacterial mechanism was discussed in relation to morphology observation of microorganism by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and to concentration detection of Ag+ by stripping voltammetry. It was found that the parameters such as reactant molar ratio, reaction time, dropping speed, and most of all, pH of the reactant solutions, have significant influences on size-regulation of Ag NPs. The as-prepared Ag NPs exhibit excellent antibacterial properties, and their antimicrobial activities increase with decreasing particles size. Besides, two kinds of mechanisms, i.e., contact action and release of Ag+, are responsible for the antimicrobial effect of Ag NPs.