Green synthesis of silver chloride nanoparticles using Rhodotorula Mucilaginosa

Green synthesis of silver chloride nanoparticles using Rhodotorula Mucilaginosa

Ioana GHIUȚĂ, Daniel CRISTEA, Rodica WENKERT, Daniel MUNTEANU

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Abstract. The biosynthesis of silver chloride nanoparticles (AgCl NPs) is presented in this paper. Silver chloride nanoparticles were synthesized using fungi culture from Rhodotorula Mucilaginosa and aqueous AgNO3 solution, as precursor. The plasmon resonance of the nanoparticles containing solution has shown through UV-visible spectrophotometry an absorbance peak at about 437 nm. Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, and X-ray Diffraction analyses confirmed the presence of spherical silver chloride nanoparticles with a face centered cubic crystal structure and an average particle size of 25 nm. Silver chloride nanoparticles have been shown to be able to inhibit the growth of different microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi, which would make them suitable for antimicrobial applications.

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Silver chloride nanoparticles, Rhodotorula Mucilaginosa, Green synthesis

Published online 11/5/2018, 7 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Ioana GHIUȚĂ, Daniel CRISTEA, Rodica WENKERT, Daniel MUNTEANU, ‘Green synthesis of silver chloride nanoparticles using Rhodotorula Mucilaginosa’, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 8, pp 28-34, 2018

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291999-4

The article was published as article 4 of the book Powder Metallurgy and Advanced Materials

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