Synthesis of silver nanoparticles in montmorillonite and their antibacterial behavior

• Published in: International journal of nanomedicine Vol. 6; no. default; pp. 581 - 590
• Main Authors: Shameli, Kamyar, Ahmad, Mansor Bin, Zargar, Mohsen, Yunus, Wan Md Zin Wan, Rustaiyan, Abdolhossein, Ibrahim, Nor Azowa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Press 01.01.2011; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - chemistry; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; antibacterial activity; Bentonite - chemistry; Escherichia coli - drug effects; Klebsiella pneumoniae - drug effects; Metal Nanoparticles - chemistry; Metal Nanoparticles - ultrastructure; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; montmorillonite; Mueller-Hinton agar; nanoparticles; Original Research; Particle Size; Powder Diffraction; Silver - chemistry; Silver - pharmacology; silver nanoparticles; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; antibacterial activity; montmorillonite; nanoparticles; silver nanoparticles; Mueller-Hinton agar
• ISSN: 1178-2013; 1176-9114; 1178-2013
• DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S17112

Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were synthesized by the chemical reducing method in the external and interlamellar space of montmorillonite (MMT) as a solid support at room temperature. AgNO(3) and NaBH(4) were used as a silver precursor and reducing agent, respectively. The most favorable experimental conditions for synthesizing Ag NPs in the MMT are described in terms of the initial concentration of AgNO(3). The interlamellar space limits changed little (d-spacing = 1.24-1.47 nm); therefore, Ag NPs formed on the MMT suspension with d-average = 4.19-8.53 nm diameter. The Ag/MMT nanocomposites (NCs), formed from AgNO(3)/MMT suspension, were characterizations with different instruments, for example UV-visible, PXRD, TEM, SEM, EDXRF, FT-IR, and ICP-OES analyzer. The antibacterial activity of different sizes of Ag NPs in MMT were investigated against Gram-positive, ie, Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and Gram-negative bacteria, ie, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Klebsiella pneumoniae, by the disk diffusion method using Mueller-Hinton agar (MHA). The smaller Ag NPs were found to have significantly higher antibacterial activity. These results showed that Ag NPs can be used as effective growth inhibitors in different biological systems, making them applicable to medical applications.