Completely green synthesis of Ag nanoparticles stabilized by soy protein isolate under UV irradiation

Abstract

A completely green pathway for the preparation of Ag nanoparticles was proposed, by using soy protein isolate (SPI) as stabilizer under UV irradiation and H₂O as the environmentally benign solvent throughout the preparation. Transmission electronic microscopy (TEM) and zeta potential characterization results indicated that the Ag nanoparticles were stable and well dispersed with an average diameter about 13 nm, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of SPI/Ag composite nanoparticles confirmed the formation of metallic silver. UV-Vis spectrum showed that the Ag nanoparticles dispersion solution had the maximum absorbance at about 430 nm due to surface plasmon resonance of the Ag nanoparticles. Infrared spectroscopy confirmed that the polypeptide backbone of SPI was not cleaved during the conjugation process and that some active amino groups were oxidized. The SPI/Ag composite nanoparticles have excellent antibacterial activity against two representative bacteria, staphylococcus aureus (Gram positive) and escherichia coli (Gram negative) in the presence of SPI.

Keywords

soy protein isolate / Ag nanoparticles / UV irradiation

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