Insight into single-element nobel metal anisotropic silver nanoparticle shape-dependent selective ROS generation and quantification.

The biocidal action mechanism of single element noble metal anisotropic nanoparticles has remained a perplexing challenge. Herein, we investigated the photogenerated anisotropic AgNP ROS production kinetics and each ROS species' direct impact on Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Three shapes (Triangular, Cubes, Rods) of AgNP with excellent morphology were fabricated plasmon mediated synthesis.

Novel triangular silver nanoparticle modified membranes for enhanced antifouling performance.

This study marks the first ever attempt at the successful fabrication of a novel reactive membrane to combat fouling through layer-by-layer (LBL) surface modification with polyelectrolyte (PE), followed by anisotropic triangular silver nanoparticles (TSNP). The morphology and the presence of TSNP on the membrane was confirmed by HR-TEM, FE-SEM and XPS. The charge density of the novel membrane (PE-TSNP) was increased 15.