TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using reducing agents obtained from natural sources (Rumex hymenosepalus extracts)
AU - Rodríguez-León, Ericka
AU - Iñiguez-Palomares, Ramón
AU - Navarro, Rosa Elena
AU - Herrera-Urbina, Ronaldo
AU - Tánori, Judith
AU - Iñiguez-Palomares, Claudia
AU - Maldonado, Amir
PY - 2013/8/13
Y1 - 2013/8/13
N2 - We have synthesized silver nanoparticles from silver nitrate solutions using extracts of Rumex hymenosepalus, a plant widely found in a large region in North America, as reducing agent. This plant is known to be rich in antioxidant molecules which we use as reducing agents. Silver nanoparticles grow in a single-step method, at room temperature, and with no addition of external energy. The nanoparticles have been characterized by ultravioletvisible spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy, as a function of the ratio of silver ions to reducing agent molecules. The nanoparticle diameters are in the range of 2 to 40 nm. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and fast Fourier transform analysis show that two kinds of crystal structures are obtained: face-centered cubic and hexagonal. © 2013 Rodríguez-León et al.
AB - We have synthesized silver nanoparticles from silver nitrate solutions using extracts of Rumex hymenosepalus, a plant widely found in a large region in North America, as reducing agent. This plant is known to be rich in antioxidant molecules which we use as reducing agents. Silver nanoparticles grow in a single-step method, at room temperature, and with no addition of external energy. The nanoparticles have been characterized by ultravioletvisible spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy, as a function of the ratio of silver ions to reducing agent molecules. The nanoparticle diameters are in the range of 2 to 40 nm. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and fast Fourier transform analysis show that two kinds of crystal structures are obtained: face-centered cubic and hexagonal. © 2013 Rodríguez-León et al.
U2 - 10.1186/1556-276X-8-318
DO - 10.1186/1556-276X-8-318
M3 - Article
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Nanoscale Research Letters
JF - Nanoscale Research Letters
SN - 1931-7573
ER -