Eco-friendly synthesis of egg-white capped silver nanoparticles for rapid, selective, and sensitive detection of Hg(II)

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The synthesis of egg-white (EW) capped silver nanoparticles (NPs) was carried-out in a one-step reaction using crude EWs, which is a reagent that can be easily found. These NPs were applied for the colorimetric detection of Hg2+ ions in solution. The results showed a blue shift of the surface plasmon absorption due to the decrease in Ag NP size upon incorporating Hg through the formation of an Ag-Hg amalgam shell. The probe was used for the selective determination of Hg2+ ions in tap water with excellent selectivity and sensitivity with a detection limit of about 300 nM.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Dr. Tirado-Guizar gratefully acknowledges the support from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico (CONACyT) for a postdoctoral grant. We also thank to C. Ornelas and W. Antunes for the technical support in microscopy at Nanotech CIMAV-Chihuahua, Mexico.

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  1. Departamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mérida, Yucatán, 97310, México

    Antonio Tirado-Guizar, Geonel Rodriguez-Gattorno & Gerko Oskam

  2. Departamento de Física de Materiales, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados S.C., Av. Miguel de Cervantes 120, Complejo Industrial Chihuahua, CP, 31109, Chihuahua, Chih, México

    Francisco Paraguay-Delgado

  3. Centro de Graduados e Investigación en Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, A.P. 1166, Tijuana, 22500, BC, México

    Georgina E. Pina-Luis

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Tirado-Guizar, A., Rodriguez-Gattorno, G., Paraguay-Delgado, F. et al. Eco-friendly synthesis of egg-white capped silver nanoparticles for rapid, selective, and sensitive detection of Hg(II). MRS Communications 7, 695–700 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2017.74

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