Vibrational Spectroscopy and Morphological Studies on Protein-Capped Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have a large number of applications in technology and physical and biological sciences. These nanomaterials can be synthesized by chemical and biological methods. The biological synthesis using fungi represents a green approach for nanomaterial production that has the advantage of biocompatibility. This work studies silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) produced by fungi Rhodotorula glutinis and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa found in ordinary soil of the Universidade Federal do Ceará campus (Brazil). The biosynthesized AgNPs have a protein-capping layer involving a metallic Ag core. The focus of this paper is to investigate the size and structure of the capping layer, how it interacts with the Ag core, and how sensitive the system (core + protein) is to visible light illumin

SUBMITTER: Agressott EVH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964295 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature