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One-step constrained-volume synthesis of silver decorated polymer colloids with antimicrobial and sensing properties

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In this paper, we report a simple and low-energy strategy for the preparation of silver decorated polymer colloids. The reported constrained-volume synthesis integrates polymer nanoprecipitation and metal deposition in a one-step continuous-flow fashion. The deposition of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) associated with different optical properties is easily controlled by varying processing parameters. The as-synthesized colloidal NPs have good antimicrobial properties. In addition, the sensitivity of the colloids towards hydrogen peroxide exhibits a linear response over a wide concentration range with a detection limit of 0.03 μM.

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Acknowledgements

R.L. acknowledges the start-up funding from Tongji University and the Young Thousand Talented Program. Y.H. acknowledges the support of the National Younger Natural Science Foundation of China (21405004) and PhD Research Startup Funds of Anhui Normal University (2014bsqdjj43). R.D.P. acknowledges the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Materials Research Science and Engineering Center program through the Princeton Center for Complex Materials (DMR-1420541) and the usage of the PRISM Imaging and Analysis Center at Princeton University.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute for Advanced Study, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China

    Yuezhen He, Xianxiang Hu & Rui Liu

  2. Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo-Biosensing and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China

    Yuezhen He

  3. Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life and Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China

    Baojuan Wang

  4. National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Applied Technology of Hybrid Nanomaterials, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China

    Xianxiang Hu, Xia Zhang & Lei Sun

  5. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA

    Rodney D. Priestley

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He, Y., Wang, B., Hu, X. et al. One-step constrained-volume synthesis of silver decorated polymer colloids with antimicrobial and sensing properties. Colloid Polym Sci 295, 521–527 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-017-4035-7

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