%0 Journal Article
%T Switchgrass (<i>Panicum virgatum</i>) Extract Mediated Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles
%A Cynthia Mason
%A Singaravelu Vivekanandhan
%A Manjusri Misra
%A Amar Kumar Mohanty
%J World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering
%P 47-52
%@ 2161-4962
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjnse.2012.22008
%X A novel switchgrass (<i>Panicum virgatum</i>) extract mediated green process was demonstrated for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles from silver nitrate solution at ambient temperature. UV-visible spectroscopic analysis indicates the rapid reduction of silver (Ag<sup>+</sup>) ions by swithgrass extract. The silver nanoparticles began to form at 15 min and the reduction reaction was completed within 2 hours. Synthesized silver nanoparticles were subjected to x-ray diffraction (XRD) for structural characterization, which confirms the FCC symmetry of silver nanoparticles with the lattice parameter of 4.0962 ?. The particle size of bio-synthesized silver nanoparticles was identified through transmission electron microscopic (TEM) analysis and found to be in the range of 20 - 40 nm.
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%K Biosynthesis
%K Silver Nanoparticles
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=20156