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Concentration–polarization effect of poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) on size distribution of colloidal silver nanoparticles during diafiltration experiments

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Polyelectrolyte (PEL)-based dual systems and nanoparticles (NPs) are two topics which have generated great interest as a result of their many and novel applications. Here, PEL–NPs system which appears transitorily when a high molecular weight PEL solution is mixed with metal NP colloidal dispersions during diafiltration is studied. The aim of this paper was to analyze the concentration–polarization effect of PEL molecules on size distribution of NPs capable to pass through the ultrafiltration membrane. Poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) (PSSNa) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were used as PEL and metal NP colloidal dispersion, respectively. It was seen that particle size decreased from 42.4 ± 37.8 to 10.1 ± 0.7 nm in the presence of PSSNa and concentration–polarization. In addition, our results indicate that polarization–concentration phenomenon can be used to modify the size distribution of NP colloidal dispersions, that by changes of polarization–concentration features is possible the modification of NP size in the permeate during diafiltration experiments and that in presence of concentration–polarization, PSSNa was only a modifier factor of medium. In addition, it was observed that exclusion size of ultrafiltration membrane is an important element for establishing of particle size in the permeate.

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Abbreviations

AgNPs:

Silver nanoparticles

FT-IR:

Fourier-transform infrared

GPM:

Gel polarization model

MWCO:

Molecular weight cut-off

NPs:

Nanoparticles

PEL:

Polyelectrolyte

PSSNa:

Sodium poly(styrene sulfonate)

rcf:

Relative centrifugal force

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

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Manuel Palencia is grateful for the Postdoctoral Project FONDECYT No 3120009. The authors thank the FONDECYT (Grant No 1110079), PIA (Anillo ACT-130), and REDOC (MINEDUC project UCO1202 at U. de Concepción) for financial support.

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    Manuel Palencia & Bernabé L. Rivas

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Valle, Cali, Colombia

    Manuel Palencia & Alexander Córdoba

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Palencia, M., Córdoba, A. & Rivas, B.L. Concentration–polarization effect of poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) on size distribution of colloidal silver nanoparticles during diafiltration experiments. Colloid Polym Sci 292, 619–626 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-013-3096-5

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