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Green Control of Silver Nanoparticle Size by Adjusting the Quantity of Water in Glycerol

  • Lim, Jong Kuk (Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science and Public Health and Safety, Chosun University)
  • Received : 2021.03.01
  • Accepted : 2021.03.15
  • Published : 2021.03.31
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Abstract

New materials are very useful due to their wide range of applications, however, they also have caused new pollutants that damage our environment. Chemists have been conscious of the severity of these environmental problems and a great deal of effort has been put into developing environmentally benign chemical processes to synthesize new materials (green synthesis). We also have reported a green synthesis method of synthesizing silver nanoparticles using water-glycerol solution in a previous study. While conducting further research, we have recently discovered that the size of silver nanoparticles is proportional to the quantity of water present in glycerol. This method is completely benign and ecofriendly pathway, as the size of silver nanoparticles is adjusted solely by controlling the quantity of water added to glycerol, without extra additives and energy.

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Acknowledgement

The author wishes to thank Tianhao Liu for taking scanning electron micrographs, Jae Seok Kim, and Ha Yeon Im for measuring the viscosity, and Da Rae Baek for supporting experiment.

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