Doxorubicin-loaded gold nanorods: a multifunctional chemo-photothermal nanoplatform for cancer management

• Uzma Azeem Awan,
• Abida Raza,
• Shaukat Ali,
• Rida Fatima Saeed and
• Nosheen Akhtar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 295–303, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.24

• -related side effects in cancer management. Experimental Materials CTAB (99.9%), hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III) trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O 99%), ʟ-ascorbic acid (C6H8O6, 99%), sodium borohydride (NaBH4, 98%), silver nitrate (AgNO3, 99%), doxorubicin, (98%) poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS; Mw = 70,000

Characterization, bio-uptake and toxicity of polymer-coated silver nanoparticles and their interaction with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

• Sahar Pourhoseini,
• Reilly T. Enos,
• Angela E. Murphy,
• Bo Cai and
• Jamie R. Lead

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 282–294, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.23

• comprehensive test. Experimental Synthesis and characterization of PVP-AgNPs Citrate-capped AgNPs (cit-AgNPs) were synthesized by the standard reduction of silver nitrate (AgNO3) in trisodium citrate as described in previous publications [56][57][58]. Briefly, separate solutions of AgNO3, trisodium citrate, and

A review on the green and sustainable synthesis of silver nanoparticles and one-dimensional silver nanostructures

• Sina Kaabipour and
• Shohreh Hemmati

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 102–136, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.9

• AgNPs include the precursor introduction method, reactor pressure, gas flow properties, deposition rate, deposition duration, and substrate surface temperature [157][241]. The type of precursor appears to be the most significant factor in the process [241]. Silver nitrate is the most widely used

• , cell-free aqueous extract, aqueous supernatant of dried algae, or aqueous filtrate of the broth are mixed with the silver solution (mostly silver nitrate) to synthesize AgNPs [189]. The synthesis process is intracellular when the reaction takes place within the cells, and extracellular when

Nanocasting synthesis of BiFeO₃ nanoparticles with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

• Thomas Cadenbach,
• Maria J. Benitez,
• A. Lucia Morales,
• Cesar Costa Vera,
• Luis Lascano,
• Francisco Quiroz,
• Alexis Debut and
• Karla Vizuete

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1822–1833, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.164

• radicals are the main active species in photocatalytic degradation reactions [22]. The addition of silver nitrate (AgNO3, 2 mM) to the photocatalytic reaction leads to an improvement of the overall efficiency resulting in a complete degradation of RhB after 240 min (Figure 12). This is explained by the

Antimicrobial metal-based nanoparticles: a review on their synthesis, types and antimicrobial action

• Matías Guerrero Correa,
• Fernanda B. Martínez,
• Cristian Patiño Vidal,
• Camilo Streitt,
• Juan Escrig and
• Carol Lopez de Dicastillo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1450–1469, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.129

• bacteria (inhibition zone diameter of E. coli: 22 ± 0.86 mm) and Gram-positive bacteria (inhibition zone diameter of B. subtilis: 23 ± 0.9 mm) [88]. Bio-reduction of silver nitrate with Parkia speciosa leaf extract generated spherical Ag NPs with an average particle size of 31 nm [89]. A major

• antibacterial activity against S. aureus was followed by B. subtilis, E. coli and P. aeruginosa. By using latex extracted from an immature Papaya carica fruit and silver nitrate, spherical and highly stable Ag NPs were also obtained. The reduction in Gram-positive bacteria, such as E. faecalis and B. subtilis

• strains (Ganoderma enigmaticum and Trametes ljubarskyi) and silver nitrate [92]. The generated NPs presented a size range varying between 15 and 25 nm and their antimicrobial activity was evaluated against eight pathogenic bacteria. Ag NPs obtained from G. enigmaticum fungi showed the greatest inhibition

Silver-decorated gel-shell nanobeads: physicochemical characterization and evaluation of antibacterial properties

• Marta Bartel,
• Katarzyna Markowska,
• Marcin Strawski,
• Krystyna Wolska and
• Maciej Mazur

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 620–630, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.49

• of the highest quality commercially available and were used as received: divinylbenzene (DVB)-cross-linked polystyrene latex beads (Magsphere), sulfuric acid (POCh, 95–97%), silver nitrate (Aldrich, 99%), sodium borohydride (Aldrich, ≥96%), polyvinylpyrrolidone (Aldrich, Mw ≈ 55000), sodium hydroxide

Gold and silver dichroic nanocomposite in the quest for 3D printing the Lycurgus cup

• Lars Kool,
• Floris Dekker,
• Anton Bunschoten,
• Glen J. Smales,
• Brian R. Pauw,
• Aldrik H. Velders and
• Vittorio Saggiomo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 16–23, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.2

• variations, we found that reducing silver ions at room temperature immediately followed by an addition of a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) solution formed dichroic silver nanoparticles in minutes. The addition of the reducing agent (NaBH4) to a silver nitrate solution forms nanoclusters, and the immediate

• differently to different angles of illumination. Experimental General Silver nitrate (Sigma-Aldrich), sodium borohydride (Sigma-Aldrich), polyvinylpyrrolidone K30 (MW 40 KDa, Alfa Aesar), chloroauric acid trihydrate (Alfa Aesar), trisodium citrate dihydrate (Sigma-Aldrich) were purchased and used without

• fiber optic as detector. Spectra were normalized against the maximum intensity. The flashlight LED used was the LED light of an iPhone SE, and the CRI 95 LED was an Aputure AL-M9. The pictures were recorded using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2. Synthesis of dichroic AgNP Silver nitrate (190 mg, 1.1 mmol) of

Porous silver-coated pNIPAM-co-AAc hydrogel nanocapsules

• William W. Bryan,
• Riddhiman Medhi,
• Maria D. Marquez,
• Supparesk Rittikulsittichai,
• Michael Tran and
• T. Randall Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1973–1982, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.194

• (iii) growth of the silver nanocapsule around the hydrogel core by the reduction of silver nitrate onto the gold seeds, which act as templates. Note that the concentration of the sodium citrate during the galvanic replacement step determines whether the synthesized silver nanocapsule is porous or

• circumvent these issues and accomplish smooth, continuous nanocapsule growth, we utilized sodium citrate to assist in the stabilization of the core template along with silver nitrate to increase the rate of nanocapsule growth. This approach proved to be successful in growing complete silver nanocapsules, as

• mixture was allowed to sit overnight. The resultant Au-seeded hydrogel particles were centrifuged and redispersed in clean water to remove any unattached THPC gold seeds. Silver nanocapsule formation. Following the work in [77], a silver growth solution was prepared by dissolving silver nitrate (0.003 g

Toxicity and safety study of silver and gold nanoparticles functionalized with cysteine and glutathione

• Barbara Pem,
• Igor M. Pongrac,
• Lea Ulm,
• Ivan Pavičić,
• Valerije Vrček,
• Darija Domazet Jurašin,
• Marija Ljubojević,
• Adela Krivohlavek and
• Ivana Vinković Vrček

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1802–1817, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.175

• more toxic-transformed nanospecies. Materials and Methods Chemicals and reagents All chemicals and materials were purchased from Sigma Aldrich (Darmstadt, Germany) unless stated otherwise. Silver nitrate (AgNO3) was purchased from Alfa Aesar (Karlsruhe, Germany). All compounds were reagent-grade or

A silver-nanoparticle/cellulose-nanofiber composite as a highly effective substrate for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

• Yongxin Lu,
• Yan Luo,
• Zehao Lin and
• Jianguo Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1270–1279, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.126

• Silver nitrate (AgNO3), β-ᴅ-glucose and concentrated ammonia were bought from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China); sodium hydrate (NaOH) was purchased from Shanghai Titanchem Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China); Rhodamine 6G (R6G, 98.5%) was obtained from J&K Chemical Ltd. (Shanghai, China

Polydopamine-coated Au nanorods for targeted fluorescent cell imaging and photothermal therapy

• Boris N. Khlebtsov,
• Andrey M. Burov,
• Timofey E. Pylaev and
• Nikolai G. Khlebtsov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 794–803, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.79

• tetrachloroaurate trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O) and silver nitrate (AgNO3, >99%) were purchased from Alfa Aesar. Ultrapure water obtained from a Milli-Q Integral 5 system was used in all experiments. Synthesis of AuNRs AuNRs with a plasmon peak at around 800 nm were obtained by the seed-mediated growth method [41

Self-assembly and wetting properties of gold nanorod–CTAB molecules on HOPG

• Imtiaz Ahmad,
• Floor Derkink,
• Tim Boulogne,
• Pantelis Bampoulis,
• Harold J. W. Zandvliet,
• Hidayat Ullah Khan,
• Rahim Jan and
• E. Stefan Kooij

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 696–705, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.69

• conceptual framework used in this work are similar to our work presented elsewhere [9][51]. Materials Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (HAuCl4·3H2O, 99.999%, Aldrich), silver nitrate (AgNO3, 99%, Acros), ascorbic acid (AA, 99%, Merck), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, Aldrich, 98%), sodium borohydrate (NaBH4

Surface plasmon resonance enhancement of photoluminescence intensity and bioimaging application of gold nanorod@CdSe/ZnS quantum dots

• Siyi Hu,
• Yu Ren,
• Yue Wang,
• Jinhua Li,
• Junle Qu,
• Liwei Liu,
• Hanbin Ma and
• Yuguo Tang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 22–31, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.3

• and biophotonics applications. Experimental Materials and instrumentation Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, >98.0%), L-ascorbic acid (BioUltra, ≥99.5%), silver nitrate (AgNO3, >99%), gold(III) chloride trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O, 99%), 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA, ≥99%), N-ethyl-N'-(3

The role of adatoms in chloride-activated colloidal silver nanoparticles for surface-enhanced Raman scattering enhancement

• Nicolae Leopold,
• Andrei Stefancu,
• Krisztian Herman,
• István Sz. Tódor,
• Stefania D. Iancu,
• Vlad Moisoiu and
• Loredana F. Leopold

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2236–2247, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.208

• microparticles to AgNPs in the first 10 min of light exposure. Mixing the silver nitrate and sodium chloride in the reacting solution resulted in the generation of a flocculent precipitate of AgCl. The presence of AgCl particles in the solution was evidenced in the UV–vis spectra as an intense absorption band at

• exposure is shown in Figure S2B (using crystal violet as an analyte). The formation of AgNPs from AgCl precursor microparticles can be also followed in the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs depicted in Figure 3. Figure 3a shows 1–2 μm AgCl particles formed after mixing silver nitrate and

• , the SERS bands of citrate previously reported by us [31][32] during the laser induced synthesis of SERS-active silver spots using silver nitrate-citrate mixtures can easily be explained by the presence of excess of Ag+ in the solution, which induces the chemisorption of citrate onto the metal silver

Fabrication of photothermally active poly(vinyl alcohol) films with gold nanostars for antibacterial applications

• Mykola Borzenkov,
• Maria Moros,
• Claudia Tortiglione,
• Serena Bertoldi,
• Nicola Contessi,
• Silvia Faré,
• Angelo Taglietti,
• Agnese D’Agostino,
• Piersandro Pallavicini,
• Maddalena Collini and
• Giuseppe Chirico

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2040–2048, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.193

• ) were commercially available from Fluka. Poly(ethylene glycol) thiols ( = 5000 g/mol; SH-PEG5000–OCH3 and SH-PEG5000–COOH), polyethylene glycol tert-octylphenyl ether (Triton X-100), chloroauric acid, ascorbic acid, silver nitrate, and sodium borohydride were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and used as

Facile chemical routes to mesoporous silver substrates for SERS analysis

• Elina A. Tastekova,
• Alexander Y. Polyakov,
• Anastasia E. Goldt,
• Alexander V. Sidorov,
• Alexandra A. Oshmyanskaya,
• Irina V. Sukhorukova,
• Dmitry V. Shtansky,
• Wolgang Grünert and
• Anastasia V. Grigorieva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 880–889, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.82

• from a 0.1 M silver nitrate solution in the presence of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP, Mw ≈40000 kDa). The Ag/PVP molar ratio was varied to optimize the phase composition and micromorphology of the product. The microstructure of the products varied with the molar ratio of the reactants (Figure 1a,b). A

• procedure reported by Lyu et al. [26]. Briefly, 0.05 g of crystalline silver nitrate (Carl Roth GmbH, ≥99%, Ph.Eur., extra pure) was dissolved in 210 mL of 0.2 M ammonium nitrate NH4NO3 aqueous solution. PVP solution was added slowly in the PVP monomeric unit/silver at atomic ratios of 5:1 or 10:1. The

Towards the third dimension in direct electron beam writing of silver

• Katja Höflich,
• Jakub Mateusz Jurczyk,
• Katarzyna Madajska,
• Maximilian Götz,
• Luisa Berger,
• Carlos Guerra-Nuñez,
• Caspar Haverkamp,
• Iwona Szymanska and
• Ivo Utke

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 842–849, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.78

• of silver 2,2-dimethylbutyrate, carboxylic acid and potassium nitrate were suspended in a water–ethanol solution, heated up to 40 °C and stirred, followed by the addition of silver nitrate. Silver pentafluoropropionate was synthesized by the reaction of fluorinated carboxylic acid and silver

Fabrication and photoactivity of ionic liquid–TiO₂ structures for efficient visible-light-induced photocatalytic decomposition of organic pollutants in aqueous phase

• Anna Gołąbiewska,
• Marta Paszkiewicz-Gawron,
• Aleksandra Sadzińska,
• Wojciech Lisowski,
• Ewelina Grabowska,
• Adriana Zaleska-Medynska and
• Justyna Łuczak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 580–590, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.54

• -tetradecylimidazolium chloride [TDMIM][Cl] were purchased from Ionic Liquids Technologies GmbH. Ammonium oxalate, silver nitrate (≥99%), benzoquinone and tert-butyl alcohol from Sigma-Aldrich were used as scavengers. Photocatalyst preparation TiO2 was modified by ILs using a solvothermal method. First of all, the

Colloidal solution of silver nanoparticles for label-free colorimetric sensing of ammonia in aqueous solutions

• Alessandro Buccolieri,
• Antonio Serra,
• Gabriele Giancane and
• Daniela Manno

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 499–507, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.48

• concentration range of 0.5–200 ppm. Finally, the silver ions run out and the rate of nucleation goes into saturation. Experimental Materials Silver nitrate (AgNO3, 99%), α-D-glucose (C6H12C6, 99.99%), sucralose (C12H19Cl3O8, 98%) and ammonia (30% solution) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and used without

Influence of the preparation method on the photocatalytic activity of Nd-modified TiO₂

• Patrycja Parnicka,
• Paweł Mazierski,
• Tomasz Grzyb,
• Wojciech Lisowski,
• Ewa Kowalska,
• Bunsho Ohtani,
• Adriana Zaleska-Medynska and
• Joanna Nadolna

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 447–459, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.43

• different scavengers (Figure 10). Silver nitrate was used as electron scavenger, ammonium oxalate as hole scavenger, benzoquinone for O2•− and tert-butanol for •OH radicals. After 60 min of visible light irradiation in the presence of SHT photocatalyst, the degradation rate declined from 0.31 to 0.30

• μmol·dm−1·min−1 due to addition of ammonium oxalate and tert-butanol (Table 4). While, after the addition of silver nitrate and benzoquinone, the degradation rate decreased from 0.31 to 0.12 and 0.22 μmol·dm−1·min−1, respectively, suggesting that photogenerated electrons and superoxide radicals are the

• , respectively) compared to the system without scavengers (0.62 μmol·dm−1·min−1), suggesting a limited role played by holes in the photocatalytic process. The addition of silver nitrate and benzoquinone significantly reduced the phenol degradation rate (from 0.62 to 0.15 and 0.21 μmol·dm−1·min−1, respectively

Dielectric properties of a bisimidazolium salt with dodecyl sulfate anion doped with carbon nanotubes

• Doina Manaila Maximean,
• Viorel Cîrcu and
• Constantin Paul Ganea

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 164–174, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.19

• dropwise to a solution of compound 2 (2 g, 3.0 mmol) in dichloromethane (50 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h after which 100 mL of deionised water was added. The organic layer was separated and washed repeatedly with water until no reaction with silver nitrate for Br− was noticed

Facile synthesis of silver/silver thiocyanate (Ag@AgSCN) plasmonic nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic performance

• Xinfu Zhao,
• Dairong Chen,
• Abdul Qayum,
• Bo Chen and
• Xiuling Jiao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2781–2789, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.277

• stability compared to the previously reported silver halogen plasma catalyst, which make it more suitable for practical application. Experimental Chemicals Silver nitrate (AgNO3, Shanghai Chemical Co.) and ammonium thiocyanate (NH4SCN, Tianjin Reagent Co.) were used as precursors for the synthesis of silver

The role of ligands in coinage-metal nanoparticles for electronics

• Ioannis Kanelidis and
• Tobias Kraus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2625–2639, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.263

• silver nitrate in the presence of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP, Figure 2) and sodium bromide. The nanobars formed when bromide ions etched the multiply twinned seeds, promoted the formation of single crystal seeds, and initiated anisotropic growth [68]. Longer silver nanowires grew from multiply twinned

• nanoparticles by the reduction of silver nitrate in the presence of PVP. The twin boundaries served as active sites for the addition of silver atoms as the strong interaction between PVP and the sides of the initially formed nanorod allowed preferential diffusion of the silver atoms to the ends of the nanorods

Synthesis and characterization of noble metal–titania core–shell nanostructures with tunable shell thickness

• Bartosz Bartosewicz,
• Marta Michalska-Domańska,
• Malwina Liszewska,
• Dariusz Zasada and
• Bartłomiej J. Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2083–2093, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.208

• the reduction of silver nitrate with hydroxylamine hydrochloride [50][51]. In both cases, relatively monodisperse spherical or quasi-spherical metal NPs with a mean particle diameter of around 100 nm were obtained (Table 1, Figure 1 and Figure S1, Supporting Information File 1). Initially, we also

• /w aq. soln.) and silver nitrate (99.9%) were purchased from Alfa Aesar. Ethanol (99.8%) and acetonitrile (99.5%) were purchased from Avantor Performance Materials Poland. Nitric acid (65% w/w aq. soln.), hydrofluoric acid (40% w/w aq. soln.) and sodium hydroxide (>99%) were purchased from Chempur

• aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1.1 mM) were stirred at room temperature. 10 mL of solution containing hydroxylamine hydrochloride (25 mM) and sodium hydroxide (0.1 w/w %) were added. The reaction was completed within a few seconds, which was indicated by a change of solution color to milky yellow. In

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of cell lysates mixed with silver nanoparticles for tumor classification

• Mohamed Hassoun,
• Iwan W.Schie,
• Tatiana Tolstik,
• Sarmiza E. Stanca,
• Christoph Krafft and
• Juergen Popp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1183–1190, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.120

• all approaches mentioned above: generation of droplets with single cells in a microfluidic chip, addition of cell lysis buffer, nanoparticles and activation salt, mixing of all solvents and collection of SERS spectra for classification. Experimental Nanoparticle preparation Silver nitrate (ACS reagent

• mM silver nitrate was added to a solution of 1.5 mM hydroxylamine hydrochloride and 3 mM sodium hydroxide. The whole mixture was stirred during the addition of the silver nitrate. As a sign of a successful preparation the color of the solution changed from grey to yellow. The silver colloids were