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SUBMITTER: Feng A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6316916 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feng Anni A Cao Jiankang J Wei Junying J Chang Feng F Yang Yang Y Xiao Zongyuan Z
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20181208 12
We report on a reverse microemulsion method for the synthesis of silver nanocrystals and examine their antibacterial activities. As the molar ratio of water to sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) increases to 25, a morphology transition from a sphere-like nanocrystal to a wire-like one was observed. For both the gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, the wire-like silver nanocrystal showed higher antibacterial activities. We conclude that the morphology of silver nanocrystals domina ...[more]