Green synthesis of glucose-capped stable silver nanoparticles: a cost-effective sensor for the selective detection of Hg²⁺ ions in aqueous solutions

Abstract

We herein report a unique, cost-efficient, and green method for the synthesis of glucose-capped silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using Ocimum sanctum (tulsi) leaf extract, for the detection of Hg2+ ions in...

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“…It has been proven that plant sugar extracts can cause metal nanoparticles to become stable. The capping abilities of sugar extracts were recently shown by Fillipo and coworkers (2010) [78]; Pattnaik and co-workers (2023) [79] depending on the presence of non-soluble carbohydrates like starch. In their 2011 study, Shervani and Yamamoto [80] used the stabilizing and structure-directing agents' soluble starch (polysaccharide) and β-α-glucose (monosaccharide) in the synthesis of spherical NPs and nanowires of gold and silver.…”

“…The sugar concentration prevented the formation of NP agglomerates, which led to the discovery that the produced NPs were relatively stable. The C-6 position of the sugar was discovered to have oxidized to a carboxylic acid in contact with auric acid, producing AuNPs with glucoside substituents at the anomeric carbon center [79]. By anomerizing the released aldehyde and then oxidizing it, auric acid was reduced.…”

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“…The NPs' LOD for Hg( ii ) ions was 2.8 ppb with the optical modifications, which is better than the LOD of several other sensors based on green AgNPs that have been available in the literature. 67 Additionally the AgNPs derived sensors more effective in term of lower limit of detection, long term reliability, low interference, without the need of complicated set-up and working in real samples, that was crucial with the many reported sensors in the past, such as for an comparative analysis some previously reported chemo sensor listed in Table 1 , via comparison of Tables 1 and 2 (a comparative overview of Ag based nanosensor) it has clearly concluded that silver derived sensors exhibits better results than the other chemo sensors.…”