Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 377-382Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-004-0741-4
Keywords
gold; nanoparticles; oat biomass; pH; nanobiotechnology
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Oat (Avena sativa) biomass was studied as an alternative to recover Au(III) ions from aqueous solutions and for its capacity to reduce Au( III) to Au(0) forming Au nanoparticles. To study the binding trend of Au(III) to oat and the possible formation of Au nanoparticles, the biomass and a solution of Au( III) were reacted for a period of 1 h at pH values ranging from 2 to 6. The results demonstrated that Au( III) ions were bound to oat biomass in a pH-dependent manner, with the highest adsorption (about 80%) at pH 3. HRTEM studies showed that oat biomass reacted with Au(III) ions formed Au nanoparticles of fcc tetrahedral, decahedral, hexagonal, icosahedral multitwinned, irregular, and rod shape. To our knowledge, this is the second report about the production of nanorods as a product of the reaction of a Au( III) solution with a biological material. These studies also showed that the pH of the reaction influenced the nanoparticle size. The smaller nanoparticles and the higher occurrence of these were observed at pH values of 3 and 4, whereas the larger nanoparticles were observed at pH 2.
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