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Preparation of silver nanoparticles in virgin coconut oil using laser ablation

Authors Zamiri R, Azmi BZ, Sadrolhosseini AR, Ahangar HA, Zaidan AW, Mahdi MA

Published 7 January 2011 Volume 2011:6 Pages 71—75

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S14005

Review by Single anonymous peer review

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Reza Zamiri1, B Z Azmi1,2, Amir Reza Sadrolhosseini1, Hossein Abbastabar Ahangar3, A W Zaidan1, M A Mahdi4
1Department of Physics, 2Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Laboratory, 3Department of Chemistry, 4Wireless and Photonics Networks Research Center, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract: Laser ablation of a silver plate immersed in virgin coconut oil was carried out for fabrication of silver nanoparticles. A Nd:YAG laser at wavelengths of 1064 nm was used for ablation of the plate at different times. The virgin coconut oil allowed formation of nanoparticles with well-dispersed, uniform particle diameters that were stable for a reasonable length of time. The particle sizes and volume fraction of nanoparticles inside the solutions obtained at 15, 30, 45 min ablation times were 4.84, 5.18, 6.33 nm and 1.0 × 10-8, 1.6 × 10-8, 2.4 × 10-8, respectively. The presented method for preparation of silver nanoparticles in virgin coconut oil is environmentally friendly and may be considered a green method.

Keywords: silver nanoparticles, laser ablation, virgin coconut oil

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