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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles Using a Gas Phase Nanocluster Device and Preliminary Biological Uses.

M Mery, N Orellana, C A Acevedo, S Oyarzún, F Araneda, G Herrera, D Aliaga, W Creixell, T P Corrales, C P Romero

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

M MeryCentro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso-CCTVal, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile. mf.meryduarte@gmail.com.
N OrellanaCentro de Biotecnología "Dr. Daniel Alkalay Lowitt", Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile. nicole.orellana@usm.cl.
C A AcevedoCentro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso-CCTVal, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile. cristian.acevedo@usm.cl.
S OyarzúnDepartamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170124, Chile. simon.oyarzun@usach.cl.ORCID 0000-0002-8764-7944
F AranedaCenter for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CEDENNA, Estación Central, Santiago 9170124, Chile. fabian.araneda@usach.cl.
G HerreraDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Blanco Encalada 2008, Casilla 487-3, Santiago 8370449, Chile. guillermo.herrera.huerta@gmail.com.
D AliagaCentro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso-CCTVal, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile. david.aliaga@usm.cl.
W CreixellCentro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso-CCTVal, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile. werner.creixell@usm.cl.
T P CorralesDepartamento de Física, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile. tomas.corrales@usm.cl.
C P RomeroCentro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso-CCTVal, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile. christian.romero@usm.cl.

Funding

Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica FB 0807Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica FONDECYT 11160985Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica PAI 82130012Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica PIA/Basal FB0821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoparticles can be used in a large variety of applications, including magnetic sensing, biological, superconductivity, tissue engineering, and other fields. In this study, we explore the fabrication of gas phase silver nanoparticles using a sputtering evaporation source. This setup composed of a dual magnetron cluster source holds several advantages over other techniques. The system has independent control over the cluster concentration and a wide range of cluster size and materials that can be used for the clusters and for the matrix where it can be embedded. Characterization of these silver nanoparticles was done using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We obtain a lateral width of 10.6 nm with a dispersion of 0.24 nm. With atomic force microscopy (AFM) a Gaussian fit of this distribution yields and average height of 6.3 nm with a standard deviation of 1.4 nm. We confirm that the deposited silver nanoparticles have a homogenous area distribution, that they have a defined shape and size distribution, and that they are single standing nanoparticles. Given that the scientific literature is not precise regarding the toxic concentration of the nanoparticles, devices such as ours can help clarify these questions. In order to explore further biological applications, we have done preliminary experiments of cell spreading (myoblast adhesion), obtaining interesting morphological changes correlated with the silver concentration on the surface. With a deposited silver concentration ranging from 100⁻620 ng/cm², the cells showed morphological changes in a short time of 2 h. We conclude that this high precision nanoparticle fabrication technique is adequate for further biological research.

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gas phase clustersmetallic clustersmyoblast cellsnanoparticlessilver clusters

Identifiers

PMID30567288
PMCPMC6316590

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