Authors: Jinkyu Roh EunJung Park Kwangsik Park Jongheop Yi Younghun Kim
Publish Date: 2010/09/30
Volume: 27, Issue: 6, Pages: 1897-1900
Abstract
Citratestabilized silver nanoplates AgNPs were prepared via a seedmediated method without surfactants such as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide CTAB in a short amount of time 15 min Silver seeds with 3–4 nm in diameter were added to a growth solution containing AgNO3 trisodium citrate TSC and Lascorbic acid AA The size of the AgNPs depended on the concentration of the silver seed and TSC The physical properties of the AgNPs were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy TEM and by an ultravioletvisible UVvis spectrophotometer In addition we tested the nanotoxicity of AgNPs prepared in TSC solution to the spleen of a rat and found that AgNPs induced inflammation and white spots on the surface of the spleen
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