A Review of Silver Nanoparticles: Synthesis Methods, Properties and Applications

Abstract

In recent years, nanoparticles of noble metals such as gold, silver and palladium have drawn immense attention due to the wide range of new applications in various fields of industry. Particularly, silver nanoparticles have significant interest in medical applications such as very effective antibacterial agents without the toxic effects, and industry application such as inkjet inks containing well uniform dispersions of nano-sized silver particles that are useful for producing electronic circuits. It is important that the silver nanoparticles require not only the particles to be of nano-size, but also synthesis of the nanoparticles to be produced easily and at low cost. Over the past few decades, many synthetic methods of silver nanoparticles have been studied. This paper aims to review different synthesis routes of silver nanoparticles and their applications. In particular, we mainly present several chemical approaches to preparing silver nanoparticles and their properties as well as applications based on our recent studies. The focus is on effective and efficient synthesis of pure colloidal silver nanoparticles with high electrical conductivity and their potential application.

The in Vitro Effect of Polyvinylpyrrolidone and Citrate Coated Silver Nanoparticles on Erythrocytic Oxidative Damage and Eryptosis

“…Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are among the most popular NPs known for their strong antimicrobial and disinfectant properties [6,7]. The antibacterial activity of AgNPs has led to their extensive use in various household products such as self-sanitizing toothbrushes and bacteria -resistant stuffed toys.…”

Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticle and Its Antibacterial Activity

“…[16][17][18] The physical method has several drawbacks, for example, it usually requires high energy consumption and high cost due to the use of some modern equipment. 19 In the other hand, the chemical method requires inorganic chemical which harmful to the environment. 20 In our study, we developed the simple green chemistry method to synthesize Ag-np.…”

Silver nanoparticles/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) synthesized from Fusarium oxysporum acting against Klebsiella pneumouniae carbapenemase (KPC) and extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)

“…The most new promising nanomaterials with antibacterial properties are the metallic nanoparticles such as silver nanoparticles [6]. Silver nanoparticles are from a long time known for many researchers, and in this direction were published excellent reviews in the last two years [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Few reviews were reported on biogenic AgCl nanoparticles [16].…”