One step production of silver-copper (Agcu) nanoparticles

Münevver Köroğlu, Burçak Ebin, Srecko Stopic*, Sebahattin Gürmen, Bernd Friedrich

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

AgCu nanoparticles were prepared through hydrogen-reduction-assisted Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis (USP) and the Hydrogen Reduction (HR) method. The changes in the morphology and crystal structure of nanoparticles were studied using different concentrated precursors. The structure and morphology of the mixed crystalline particles were characterized through X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The average particle size decreased from 364 nm to 224 nm by reducing the initial solution concentration from 0.05 M to 0.4 M. These results indicate that the increase in concentration also increases the grain size. Antibacterial properties of nanoparticles against Escherichia coli were investigated. The obtained results indicate that produced particles show antibacterial activity (100%). The AgCu nanoparticles have the usage potential in different areas of the industry.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1466
JournalMetals
Volume11
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Keywords

  • Antibacterial
  • Copper
  • Nanoparticles
  • Silver
  • Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'One step production of silver-copper (Agcu) nanoparticles'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this