Green synthesis and characterization of silver/chitosan/polyethylene glycol nanocomposites without any reducing agent

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4872-4884

  Ahmad, Mansor Bin ^a   Tay, Mei Yen ^a   Shameli, Kamyar ^a   Hussein, Mohd Zobir ^a   Lim, Jenn Jye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Green chemistry; Nanocomposites; Polyethylene glycol; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; MACROGOL; NANOCOMPOSITE; REDUCING AGENT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; SILVER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GREEN CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHITOSAN; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SILVER;

EID: 80052152817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12084872     Document Type: Article

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