| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8020875 | Materials Letters | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A facile and eco-friendly method for the preparation of sub-10Â nm Ni nanoparticles (Ni NPs) has been developed based on the bioreduction of aqueous Ni(II) precursors with alfalfa extract. The XRD and XPS characterization results indicated the face-centered-cubic and zero-valent of Ni NPs, respectively. The size of the crystalline Ni NPs could be simply tuned by adjusting the concentration of alfalfa extract and strongly depended on the bioreduction of Ni(II). The biomolecular analyses of the extract also showed that flavonoids and reducing sugars played important roles in the bioreduction of Ni(II).
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Authors
Huimei Chen, Jing Wang, Dengpo Huang, Xiaoer Chen, Jiajia Zhu, Daohua Sun, Jiale Huang, Qingbiao Li,