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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2017

Antonio Tirado-Guizar ,
Geonel Rodriguez-Gattorno ,
Francisco Paraguay-Delgado ,
Gerko Oskam  and
Georgina E. Pina-Luis
Antonio Tirado-Guizar*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mérida, Yucatán 97310, México
Geonel Rodriguez-Gattorno
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mérida, Yucatán 97310, México
Francisco Paraguay-Delgado
Affiliation:
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
Gerko Oskam
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mérida, Yucatán 97310, México
Georgina E. Pina-Luis
Affiliation:
Centro de Graduados e Investigación en Química, Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, A.P. 1166, Tijuana 22500, BC, México
*
Address all correspondence to Antonio Tirado-Guizar at guizarantonio@gmail.com
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Abstract

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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MRS Communications , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 695 - 700
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2017 

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