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Toxicity evaluation of polyvinyltriazole and a related silver-containing nanocomposite

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The water-soluble polymer nanocomposite consisting of metal silver nanoparticles stabilized by poly-1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole was synthesized by the chemical reduction method. The formation of the nanosized metal phase was confirmed by UV spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis. The silver nanoparticles 2—10 nm are uniformly distributed in all polymer volume. The toxicological properties were studied, and a lethal dose was established. The morphological study of tissues of animal organs and brain revealed no significant structural changes.

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Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2126–2129, September, 2014.

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Prozorova, G.F., Pozdnyakov, A.S., Korzhova, S.A. et al. Toxicity evaluation of polyvinyltriazole and a related silver-containing nanocomposite. Russ Chem Bull 63, 2126–2129 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-014-0709-1

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