Rapid continuous microwave-assisted synthesis of silver nanoparticles to achieve very high productivity and full yield: from mechanistic study to optimal fabrication strategy

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dzido, Grzegorz ^a   Markowski, Piotr ^a   Małachowska Jutsz, Anna ^a   Prusik, Krystian ^b   Jarzębski, Andrzej B ^a,c  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Microwave; Polyol process; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FABRICATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROWAVES; NITRATES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTION RATES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONTINUOUS-FLOW PROCESS; FABRICATION STRATEGIES; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; POLYOL PROCESS; SINGLE-MODE MICROWAVE REACTORS; SPHERICAL SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

1,4 BUTANEDIOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; REDUCING AGENT; SILVER ACETATE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW RATE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84921367919     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2843-y     Document Type: Article

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