Size controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles: a comparison of modified Turkevich and BRUST methods

Nouroze Gul; Sadia Ata; Ismat Bibi; Ijaz-ul-Mohsin; Muhammad Azam; Abubaker Shahid; Norah Alwadai; Nasir Masood; Munawar Iqbal

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Size controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles: a comparison of modified Turkevich and BRUST methods

Nouroze Gul , Sadia Ata , Ismat Bibi , Ijaz-ul-Mohsin , Muhammad Azam , Abubaker Shahid , Norah Alwadai , Nasir Masood and Munawar Iqbal

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From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 236 Issue 9

Abstract

In the present investigation, silver nanoparticles were synthesized and a comparative analysis was performed of modified Turkevich and BRUST methods. Silver nitrate precursor was reduced by trisodium citrate dihydrate and ascorbic acid was used as a surfactant. Based on Turkevich and BRUST methods, the process variables, i.e., temperature, reducing agent concentration, stirring speed, mode of injecting reducing agent/precursor to large excess volume of either precursor/reducing agent were studied. The size of the particles was preliminarily ascertained by DLS studies and it was found that modified BRUST method yielded silver nanoparticles with average particle size of 25 nm, while modified Turkevich method furnished nanoparticles with average particle size of 15 nm. The silver nanoparticles were characterized by employing the UV/visible, Zeta sizer, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive microscopy (EDX) techniques. Results revealed that the silver nanoparticles size can be controlled by optimizing the conditions of modified Turkevich and BRUST methods.

Keywords: silver nanoparticles; size control; size distribution; surface morphology; UV/visible

Corresponding author: Ismat Bibi, Institute of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, E-mail: drismat@iub.edu.pk

Funding source: Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: PNURSP2022R11

Acknowledgments

The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project (Grant No. PNURSP2022R11), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: This research was funded by Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project (Grant No. PNURSP2022R11), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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