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| Title |
Three strategies to stabilise nearly monodispersed silver nanoparticles in aqueous solution
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| Published in |
Discover Nano, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1556-276x-7-151 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amadeus PZ Stevenson, Duani Blanco Bea, Sergi Civit, Sonia Antoranz Contera, Alberto Iglesias Cerveto, Sonia Trigueros |
| Abstract |
Silver nanoparticles are extensively used due to their chemical and physical properties and promising applications in areas such as medicine and electronics. Controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles remains a major challenge due to the difficulty in producing long-term stable particles of the same size and shape in aqueous solution. To address this problem, we examine three strategies to stabilise aqueous solutions of 15 nm citrate-reduced silver nanoparticles using organic polymeric capping, bimetallic core-shell and bimetallic alloying. Our results show that these strategies drastically improve nanoparticle stability by distinct mechanisms. Additionally, we report a new role of polymer functionalisation in preventing further uncontrolled nanoparticle growth. For bimetallic nanoparticles, we attribute the presence of a higher valence metal on the surface of the nanoparticle as one of the key factors for improving their long-term stability. Stable silver-based nanoparticles, free of organic solvents, will have great potential for accelerating further environmental and nanotoxicity studies.PACS: 81.07.-b; 81.16.Be; 82.70.Dd. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 140 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 131 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 33% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 16% |
| Researcher | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 9% |
| Professor | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 21 | 15% |
| Unknown | 16 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 38 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 16% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 13 | 9% |
| Materials Science | 11 | 8% |
| Engineering | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 28 | 20% |
| Unknown | 19 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 September 2014.
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#3,798,287
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Outputs from Discover Nano
#70
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#23,152
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#2
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