Regeneration of aged-AgNPs via density gradient ultracentrifugal nanoseparation

Jae Hoon Sim; Ha Nee Umh; Hyeon Ho Shin; Hwa Kyung Sung; Seung Yeon Oh; Byung-Cheun Lee; Rengaraj Selvaraj; Younghun Kim

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.20, No.5, 3157-3162, September, 2014

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2013.11.059 Export Citation

Regeneration of aged-AgNPs via density gradient ultracentrifugal nanoseparation

Jae Hoon Sim, Ha Nee Umh, Hyeon Ho Shin, Hwa Kyung Sung, Seung Yeon Oh, Byung-Cheun Lee¹, Rengaraj Selvaraj^{2, †}, and Younghun Kim^†

Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea
¹National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon 404-708, Republic of Korea
²Department of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman

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To reuse aged-silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and recover the mono-dispersed AgNPs separately, we attempted to recycle the aged-AgNPs with high polydispersity in particle size distribution using the density gradient ultracentrifugation rate (DGUR) separation with five media. Results for the microscopic and spectroscopic showed that Tween series media, which have low density compared to other media, are suitable for the application of DGUR separation for recycling aged-AgNPs. This method might be helpful to regenerate and recycle the precious metal nanoparticles with polydispersity due to long-term storage.

Keywords:Nanoseparation;Silver nanoparticles;Centrifugation;Density gradient;Recycling

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