Table 1.

Physical properties of Ag NPs in Ag/MMT NCs synthesized at different AgNO₃ concentrations: (S1) 0.5%, (S2) 1.0%, (S3) 1.5%, (S4) 2.0%, and (S5) 5.0%

Samples	Reaction volume (lit)	λmaxa	Absorbanceb	Approximated efficiency (%)	Ag NPs particle sizec (nm)
S1	0.50	396	0.91	98.04 ± 1.45	4.11 ± 1.67
S2	1.00	398	1.17	96.23 ± 1.39	4.19 ± 1.58
S3	1.50	400	1.91	95.40 ± 2.67	5.75 ± 1.93
S4	2.00	402	2.34	89.24 ± 2.14	6.74 ± 1.76
S5	5.00	406	3.72	85.57 ± 4.28	8.53 ± 1.81

Notes:

^aThe experiments were repeated three times and averaged to give the data in Table 1;

^bThe data were obtained by multiplying the absorbance of the corresponding diluted solutions by their dilution factors when diluted solutions were used for the data;

^cThe size of Ag NPs was determined by measuring diameters of about 100 nanoparticles in TEM image and by averaging them.