Jellyfish mesoglea as a matrix for the synthesis of extremely high content silver dendrites

HypothesisUsing macroporous jellyfish mesoglea which consists of nano-sized layers and fibers as a matrix, metal nanoparticles with different morphologies might be formed in it.ExperimentHierarchical silver dendrites are prepared by in situ reduction of silver nitrate (AgNO3) in the jellyfish mesoglea.FindingsThe formation of silver dendrites is affected by the concentration of AgNO3. The biogel-metal nanoparticles hybrid materials with silver dendrites show an extremely high solid content of silver dendrites and good catalytic activity as well as excellent recyclability for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP).

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