Why are Silver Nanoparticles More Toxic Than Bulk Silver? Towards Understanding the Dissolution and Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles

The mass-transport to a spherical particle in solution is considered in the context of the mechanism of oxygen reduction on silver nanoparticles. For small particles (≤1 μm) the reduction follows a two-proton, two-electron pathway due to the rapid diffusion of the intermediate hydrogen peroxide away...

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Main Authors: Batchelor-McAuley, C, Tschulik, K, Neumann, C, Laborda, E, Compton, R
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2014