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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 266, Issue -, Pages 188-193Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.11.132
Keywords
Reduced graphene oxide; Silver nanoparticles; Starch; Antimicrobial
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB933301]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [90813010]
- Ministry of Education of China [IRT1148]
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A facile aqueous solution procedure has been developed to synthesize silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) (RGO/Ag NPs) with starch as an ideal reductant and stabilizer in one pot under microwave irradiation. Graphene oxide and Ag(NH3)(2)(+) were reduced simultaneously by starch in the process of forming Ag NPs. The size of Ag NPs decorated on the RGO sheets is about 20-50 nm and the average size of Ag NPs on RGO is 34 nm calculated by X-ray diffraction. RGO and RGO/Ag NPs prepared with starch show good stability in aqueous solution. With the decoration of Ag NPs on RGO, Raman intensity of RGO increased evidently. Antimicrobial activity of RGO/Ag NPs was investigated against the gram negative bacteria Pseudomonous aeruginosa. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of RGO/Ag NPs is 0.2 wt%. The antimicrobial activity of RGO/Ag NPs is stronger than Ag NPs because of the synergic effect of RGO and Ag NPs. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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