Table 1.

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) values for the calculation of Ag nanoparticles volume.

AFM			QCM
Number of NPs	32		Δf	−12.5 ± 2.1 Hz
	Computed from measured diameters	Computed from measured heights	∆m	0.22 ± 0.04 µg/cm2
Ag NPs volume/Area	225,000 nm3/µm2	199,000 nm3/µm2	210,331 ± 35,694 nm3/µm2