Green Silver Nanoparticles: Plant-Extract-Mediated Synthesis, Optical and Electrochemical Properties

Antioxidants of plant extract play an important role in the phytosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (phyto-AgNPs), providing the reduction of silver ions and capping and stabilization of nanoparticles. Despite the current progress in the studies of phytosynthesis, there is no approach to the selectio...

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Published in:Physchem 2024-10, Vol.4 (4), p.402-419
Main Authors: Stozhko, Natalia, Tarasov, Aleksey, Tamoshenko, Viktoria, Bukharinova, Maria, Khamzina, Ekaterina, Kolotygina, Veronika
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aqueous plant extract
Cosmetics
Cosmetology
eco-friendly synthesis
Flavonoids
Gold
green synthesis
hydrothermal phytosynthesis
Medicine
Nanomaterials
Nanoparticles
Nitrates
Polyphenols
Silver
silver nanoparticles
Temperature
total antioxidant capacity
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Summary:Antioxidants of plant extract play an important role in the phytosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (phyto-AgNPs), providing the reduction of silver ions and capping and stabilization of nanoparticles. Despite the current progress in the studies of phytosynthesis, there is no approach to the selection of plant extract for obtaining phyto-AgNPs with desired properties. This work shows that antioxidant activity (AOA) of plant extracts is a key parameter for targeted phytosynthesis. In support of this fact, the synthesis of phyto-AgNPs was carried out using extracts of four plants with different AOA, increasing in the order Ribes uva-crispa < Lonicera caerulea < Fragaria vesca < Hippophae rhamnoides. Phyto-AgNPs have been characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, selected area electron diffraction technique, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. It was established that the change in the AOA of the plant extract is accompanied by a size-dependent change in the optical and electrochemical properties of phyto-AgNPs. In particular, an increase in the extract AOA leads to the formation of smaller phyto-AgNPs with higher electrochemical activity and low charge transfer resistance. A “blue shift” and an increase in the plasmon resonance band of silver sols are observed with an increase in the extract AOA. The obtained regularities prove the existence of the “AOA–size–properties” triad, which can be used for controlled phytosynthesis and prediction of phyto-AgNPs’ properties.
ISSN:2673-7167
2673-7167
DOI:10.3390/physchem4040028