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Ultraviolet (UV) photoirradiation of Ag(I) compounds in the presence of an aqueous Triton X-100 solution has been exploited for the first time to prepare reproducible yellow silver hydrosol. The evolution of nanosized silver particles has been examined critically under the influence of different anions/ligands. Hence, time dependent evolution of silver hydrosol from different silver compounds in micelle via photochemical reduction is observed. Anions/ligands of precursor salts have been found to show profound influence (due to electron scavenging property, solubility, stability etc.) on the evolution route and efficiency of photochemical reduction of Ag(I) to Ag(O) in micelle and thereby classification of silver compounds becomes possible. Kinetic results reveal that the formation of silver particles proceeds via autocatalytic growth mechanism. The observed variation in rate constant values for the evolution of nanoparticles from different silver compounds have been explained in terms of available thermodynamic and kinetic parameters. Nucleophile induced dissolution and reversible photogeneration of zerovalent silver particles have been investigated under ambient condition.
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Kumar Ghosh, S., Kundu, S., Mandal, M. et al. Studies on the Evolution of Silver Nanoparticles in Micelle by UV-Photoactivation. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 5, 577–587 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NANO.0000006100.25744.fa
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