<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Colloidal silver nanoparticles were prepared by rapid green synthesis using different tannin sources as reducing agent viz. chestnut (CN), mangrove (MG) and quebracho (QB). The aqueous silver ions when exposed to CN, MG and QB tannins were reduced which resulted in formation of silver nanoparticles. The resultant silver nanoparticles were characterized using UV-Visible, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDX), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. Furthermore, the possible mechanism of nanoparticles synthesis was also derived using FT-IR analysis. Spectroscopy analysis revealed that the synthesized nanoparticles were within 30 to 75 nm in size, while XRD results showed that nanoparticles formed were crystalline with face centered cubic geometry.</p></abstract>

Colloidal silver nanoparticles were prepared by rapid green synthesis using different tannin sources as reducing agent viz. chestnut (CN), mangrove (MG) and quebracho (QB). The aqueous silver ions when exposed to CN, MG and QB tannins were reduced which resulted in formation of silver nanoparticles. The resultant silver nanoparticles were characterized using UV-Visible, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDX), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. Furthermore, the possible mechanism of nanoparticles synthesis was also derived using FT-IR analysis. Spectroscopy analysis revealed that the synthesized nanoparticles were within 30 to 75 nm in size, while XRD results showed that nanoparticles formed were crystalline with face centered cubic geometry.

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using tannins

School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, P. Pinang, Malaysia

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Materials Science-Poland

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Colloidal silver nanoparticles were prepared by rapid green synthesis using different tannin sources as reducing agent viz. chestnut (CN), mangrove (MG) and...

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using tannins

Publié en ligne: 17 oct. 2014

Pages: 408 - 413

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-014-0204-2

Mots clés
tannins, silver nanoparticles, green synthesis, XRD, SEM, TEM

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using tannins

Publié en ligne: 17 oct. 2014

Pages: 408 - 413

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-014-0204-2

Mots cléstannins, silver nanoparticles, green synthesis, XRD, SEM, TEM

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
tannins, silver nanoparticles, green synthesis, XRD, SEM, TEM