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. 2020 Mar 10;5(11):5731–5738. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03748

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Schematic representation of the formation of Ag NPs. The proposed mechanism for the formation of Ag, big, anisotropic nanostructure-like platelets and Ag, small, spherical NPs depending on the synthetic conditions. Notation: AgNO3, silver nitrate; t, time; T, temperature; PVP, polyvinylpyrrolidone.