Issue 24, 2021

One-pot green synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using Rosa canina L. extract

Abstract

This study reports a green, simple, and fast method for the synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using natural antioxidant compounds. The aqueous extract from dried rosehips (pseudofruit of Rosa canina L.) was used as a reducing and capping agent of HAuCl4 and AgNO3 during the noble metal colloid synthesis at room temperature and no other chemical reagent was used. The high antioxidant activity of the plant extract was proven by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl assay by a spectrophotometric method. The formation of stable gold and silver nanoparticles was observed by UV-visible spectroscopy and the evolution of their characteristic surface plasmon resonance band was followed over several days. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed the formation of quasi-spherical nanoparticles with mean diameters 26 and 34 nm, for gold and silver nanoparticles, respectively; XRD revealed an FCC crystalline structure for both gold and silver NPs. The effects of concentrations of noble metal precursor and plant extract solution on the formation, stabilization and size of nanoparticles are discussed, as well as some applications of these colloids.

Graphical abstract: One-pot green synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using Rosa canina L. extract

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Feb 2021
Accepted
10 Apr 2021
First published
20 Apr 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 14624-14631

One-pot green synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using Rosa canina L. extract

P. E. Cardoso-Avila, R. Patakfalvi, C. Rodríguez-Pedroza, X. Aparicio-Fernández, S. Loza-Cornejo, V. Villa-Cruz and E. Martínez-Cano, RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 14624 DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01448J

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