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

Autor: Baojuan Wang, Yuezhen He, Rodney D. Priestley, Xianxiang Hu, Rui Liu, Xia Zhang, Lei Sun
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Colloid and Polymer Science. 295:521-527
ISSN: 1435-1536
0303-402X
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-017-4035-7
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE