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One-step synthesis of silver nanoparticles in an aqueous solution and their antibacterial activities

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A one-step simple synthesis of silver colloid nanoparticles with controllable sizes is presented in this research. In the synthesis, an amino-terminated hyperbranched polymer (HBP-NH2) was applied as a stabilizer and a reductant. The syntheses, performed at various initial AgNO3 concentrations (0.28–0.56 g/l) in a 2 g/l HBP-NH2 aqueous solution, produced silver colloid nanoparticles having average sizes from 3 to 30 nm with narrow size distributions. The formation of silver colloid nanoparticles was characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometry (FTIR), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), UV/Visible Absorption Spectrophotometry, and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) measurements. The results indicated that both particle size and the UV absorption are strongly dependent on the initial AgNO3 concentrations. The silver colloid nanoparticles, prepared with a 0.35 g/l AgNO3 aqueous solution in the presences of 2 g/l HBP-NH2, showed good antibacterial activities against Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli) and Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus). A very low concentration of nano-silver (as low as 3.0 ug/ml Ag) also gave excellent antibacterial performance.

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This research was supported by the Technology Department of Jiangsu Province Key Technology R&D Program (No. BE2013649); Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, Japan (TAKUETSU) and The National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2012AA030313).

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  1. Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1, Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan

    Guangyu Zhang & Hideaki Morikawa

  2. Department of Textile Engineering, Shazhou Institute of Technology, Zhangjiagang Nellnano Technology Co., LTD, Zhangjiagang, 215600, P.R. China

    Feng Zhang

  3. College of Textile and Costume Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215021, P.R. China

    Yueyue Chen

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Zhang, G., Zhang, F., Morikawa, H. et al. One-step synthesis of silver nanoparticles in an aqueous solution and their antibacterial activities. Appl. Phys. A 114, 1277–1283 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7918-6

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