“…In view of these metals being noble and also environmental concerns, organic based reductants have been widely used in this practice. These include trisodium citrate (C6H5O7Na3), 14,22,23) formaldehyde (CH2O), 8,12) polyethylene glycol (C2n 2H4n 6 On 2 ), 24) glucose (C6H12O6), 22) ascorbic acid (C6H8O6), 25) tannic acid (C34H28O21), 26) polyvinylapyrrolidone (PVP: C6H9NO), 14,22,27) polyvinylalcohol (PVA; (C2H4O)n), 22,27) oleyl amine (C18H37N), 11) and many more. In addition, the literature mentions a host of other organic reductants.…”