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. 2020 Feb 27;8:e8446. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8446

Table 1. Physicochemical Characteristics of silver nanoparticles.

Physicochemical characteristics of silver nanoparticles modied to Argovit-4 from Juárez-Moreno et al. (2017).

Properties Mean
K-value K30
PVP content 18.8 (% wt.)
Metallic silver content 1.2 (% wt.)
Silver nanoparticle morphology spheroidal
Average diameter of metallic silver particles by TEM
data (nm)
35 ± 15
Size interval of metallic silver particles by TEM data 1 to 90 (nm)
Hydrodynamic diameter: metallic Ag with PVP 70 (nm)
Zeta potential −15 (mV)
Surface plasmon resonance 420 (nm)
PVP structure by FTIR Confirmed