Research Regarding a Correlation Core–Shell Morphology–Thermal Stability of Silica–Silver Nanoparticles

Autor: Valentin Petrescu, Paraschiva Postolache, Calin Remus Cipaian, Narcisa Vrinceanu, Cristina Rîmbu, Dan Dumitru Dumitrascu
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Chemical Engineering Communications. 203:649-659
ISSN: 1563-5201
0098-6445
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2015.1078795
Popis: Silica nanoparticles repeatedly inhaled lead to acute and chronic lung inflammation and finally to pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer, people with chronic respiratory diseases like asthma or allergic rhinitis being even more susceptible to their toxic effects. In order to reduce these above-mentioned toxic effects, the aim of this study was to engineer the environmental silica nanoparticles with silver and subsequent thermal treatment. Nanometer-sized and spherical silica particles were synthesized in a homogeneous state, using a simple one-pot chemical method. An applicable approach resulted in silver particles forming over the surface of the silica. The outcome was materialized in extremely small silver particles attached to silica core particles. Playing their well-known decisive role, precursors and catalysts effectively controlled the size of silver and silica particles. The synchronized structure of the synthesized particles was revealed by the electrostatic repulsion among the silica spheres and th...
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