Controlled growth of silver oxide nanoparticles on the surface of citrate anion intercalated layered double hydroxide

Do Gak Jeung, Minseop Lee, Seung Min Paek, Jae Min Oh

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Abstract

Silver oxide nanoparticles with controlled particle size were successfully obtained utiliz-ing citrate-intercalated layered double hydroxide (LDH) as a substrate and Ag+ as a precursor. The lattice of LDH was partially dissolved during the reaction by Ag+. The released hydroxyl and citrate acted as a reactant in crystal growth and a size controlling capping agent, respectively. X-ray dif-fraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and microscopic measurements clearly showed the de-velopment of nano-sized silver oxide particles on the LDH surface. The particle size, homogeneity and purity of silver oxide were influenced by the stoichiometric ratio of Ag/Al. At the lowest silver ratio, the particle size was the smallest, while the chemical purity was the highest. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and UV-vis spectroscopy results suggested that the high Ag/Al ratio tended to produce silver oxide with a complex silver environment. The small particle size and homogeneous distribution of silver oxide showed advantages in antibacterial efficacy compared with bulk silver oxide. LDH with an appropriate ratio could be utilized as a substrate to grow silver oxide nanopar-ticles with controlled size with effective antibacterial performance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number455
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalNanomaterials
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2021

Keywords

  • Antibacterial
  • Crystal growth
  • Layered double hydroxide
  • Nanoparticle
  • Silver oxide

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