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. 2019 Jun 10;9(2):78. doi: 10.3390/bios9020078

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(A) Allylmercaptane-stabilized AgNPs: (i) core@shell morphology for allylmercaptane- (AM)-functionalized AgNPs through Ag-S chemical bonds to form the external layer, (ii) XPS spectra of Ag@AM with four different Ag/thiol ratios, and (iii) TEM images of AgNPs with Ag/AM molar ratio equal to 2/1 (AgNPs dimensions are 9 ± 3 nm and a population of NPs aggregated of 18 ± 6 nm. (B) Illustration of the encapsulation of AgNPs in thiol-modified metal-organic framework (MOF) as a host matrix. Adapted from [119,120]. Copyright (2012), American Chemical Society. Copyright (2015), Royal Society of Chemistry.