Quasi-spherical silver nanoparticles with high dispersity and uniform sizes: preparation, characterization and bioactivity in their interaction with bovine serum albumin

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• 作者：Shan Jiang ; Hua-Zuo Liu ; Wan-Lin Cai ; Ai-min Bai ; Yu Ouyang and Yan-Jun Hu
• 刊名：Luminescence
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：31
• 期：5
• 页码：1146-1151
• 全文大小：1030K
• ISSN：1522-7243

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A stepwise seeded growth route for the preparation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is reported. In the process, silver nitrate was used as a precursor, with sodium borohydride as a reducing agent and trisodium citrate as both a reductant and stabilizer. The AgNPs were characterized using several methods, including UV–vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The prepared AgNPs were quasi-spherical and crystalline, with an average diameter of 21 nm. Interactions between the AgNPs and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated using UV–vis, fluorescence spectroscopy and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (SFS). It was proved that the quenching mechanism is a static process. The binding constants and number of binding sites were calculated. The thermodynamic parameters implied that the binding process was spontaneous and the main driving force of the interaction was electrostatic. The results of the SFS indicated that the conformational change of BSA was induced by AgNPs. Copyright