Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan. [email protected]
  • 2 Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan. [email protected]
  • 3 Drug and Herbal Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 4 Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Guttenberg University of Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz, 55128, Germany. [email protected]
  • 5 International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan. [email protected]
  • 6 Centre for Advanced Studies in Physics (CASP), GC University, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan. [email protected]
  • 7 Drug and Herbal Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, Malaysia. [email protected]
J Nanobiotechnology, 2014;12:53.
PMID: 25468206 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-014-0053-5

Abstract

Green synthesis of nanomaterials finds the edge over chemical methods due to its environmental compatibility. Herein, we report green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) mediated with dextran. Dextran was used as a stabilizer and capping agent to synthesize Ag NPs using silver nitrate (AgNO3) under diffused sunlight conditions.

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