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Phytosynthesis of colloidal Ag-AgCl nanoparticles mediated by Tilia sp. leachate, evaluation of their behaviour in liquid phase and catalytic properties

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Our hypothesis introduced (i) Tilia sp. leachate as the basic platform for Ag-AgCl nanoparticle phytosynthesis as a new bionanotechnological protocol, (ii) determination of Ag-AgCl colloidal properties during periodic temperature changes and (iii) confirmation of formed colloid as an active and fundamental catalytic tool for degradation of organic pollutants. Easy-to-prepare Tilia sp. leachate was mixed with silver precursor to form the Ag-AgCl nanoparticle system. We used SEM and FTIR to determine Tilia matrix organic/inorganic compounds and then performed STEM, ICP-MS, UV/VIS and XRD analysis to phytosynthesize Ag-AgCl nanoparticles. We confirmed that Tilia sp. leachate contained specific biomolecules with nanoparticle synthesis potential. Colloidal Ag-AgCl nanoparticles revealed dominant spherical morphology with uniform mean diameter from 14 to 16 nm. There were no significant differences observed in ζ-potential, ionic strength, hydrodynamic dimension or pH value during 5 weeks with periodic temperature changes, thus confirming stable colloidal properties. In addition, this specialized application of Ag-AgCl nanoparticles was performed by effective 4-nitrophenol catalysis at low Ag-AgCl NP concentration and very rapid reaction kinetics.

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Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Pavlína Peikertová, PhD and Kateřina Mamulová Kutláková, PhD for FTIR and XRD analysis and their kind help.

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This work was kindly supported by The Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic in Project Nos SP2018/50, SP2017/70 and SP2017/45 and the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences under contracts KEGA 014SPU4/2016 and VEGA 1/0164/17.

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  1. Nanotechnology Centre, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, Studentská 11, 708 33, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Zuzana Konvičková, Veronika Holišová, Gabriela Kratošová & Jana Seidlerová

  2. Department of Soil Science and Geology, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76, Nitra, Slovak Republic

    Marek Kolenčík

  3. Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-11-606 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

    Teppei Niide & Mitsuo Umetsu

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Konvičková, Z., Holišová, V., Kolenčík, M. et al. Phytosynthesis of colloidal Ag-AgCl nanoparticles mediated by Tilia sp. leachate, evaluation of their behaviour in liquid phase and catalytic properties. Colloid Polym Sci 296, 677–687 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-018-4290-2

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