Issue 39, 2016

One-step green synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles with ascorbic acid and their versatile surface post-functionalization

Abstract

In this study, we present a rapid and efficient synthesis of metallic gold and silver nanoparticles using ascorbic acid (vitamin C), which acts both as reducing and stabilizing agent. The size of the particles obtained, in the range of 8 to 80 nm for gold and 20 to 175 nm for silver, and their polydispersity (10–50%) are subtly affected, therefore tunable, by the pH of either the metal salt solution or the ascorbic acid solution. We also show that one of the main features of this synthetic approach is the simple, fast and versatile nanoparticle surface modification with a large variety of water soluble surfactants that can be neutral, positively or negatively charged.

Graphical abstract: One-step green synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles with ascorbic acid and their versatile surface post-functionalization

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jan 2016
Accepted
22 Mar 2016
First published
29 Mar 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 33092-33100

One-step green synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles with ascorbic acid and their versatile surface post-functionalization

L. Malassis, R. Dreyfus, R. J. Murphy, L. A. Hough, B. Donnio and C. B. Murray, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 33092 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA00194G

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