scholarly journals Simple Controlling Ecofriendly Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles at Room Temperature Using Lemon Juice Extract and Commercial Rice Vinegar

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
T. Lan Anh Luu ◽  
X. Truong Cao ◽  
V. Thai Nguyen ◽  
N. Linh Pham ◽  
H. Lam Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Bimodal Distribution ◽  
Lemon Juice ◽  
Nanoparticle Growth ◽  
Silver Paint ◽  
Weak Activity ◽  
Rice Vinegar ◽  
Scanning Electron

Silver nanoparticles were prepared in an ecofriendly manner at room temperature via the stepwise-modified Tollens route using the lemon juice extract and commercial rice vinegar. In this work, the lemon juice extract—a natural-origin chemical—was used as a reducing and stabilizing agent, and commercial rice vinegar was used to create a low acidic environment to control the silver nanoparticle growth via the stepwise method. The average dimension of silver nanoparticles was qualitatively evaluated through the UV-Vis spectra via the Mie theory. The X-ray diffraction and field emission scanning electron spectroscopy were employed to study the purity, the crystal structure, and the morphology of samples, respectively. Due to the weak activity and low purity of ecofriendly chemicals, the reaction and baking times strongly affect the preparation efficiency in obtaining small-size silver nanoparticles (∼40 nm). The highest efficiency was obtained with 24 h reaction time and 48 h baking time. The bimodal distribution of the size of silver nanoparticles was observed by UV-Vis analysis and field emission scanning electron microscopy. The obtained small-size silver nanoparticles (∼40 nm) have a uniform dimension. The quality of the obtained silver nanoparticles was evaluated through the conducting properties of silver paint made from ecosynthesized silver nanoparticles which showed a promising prospect to develop green-synthesized silver paint working at room temperature.

Scanning Electron Microscopy-cuticular Lesions on the Roundworm Ascaris Suum

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 114-115
Author(s):  
P. A. Madden ◽  
W. R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Secondary Electron ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Silver Paint ◽  
To Come ◽  
Scanning Electron

The intestinal roundworm of swine is pinkish in color and about the diameter of a lead pencil. Adult worms, taken from parasitized swine, frequently were observed with macroscopic lesions on their cuticule. Those possessing such lesions were rinsed in distilled water, and cylindrical segments of the affected areas were removed. Some of the segments were fixed in buffered formalin before freeze-drying; others were freeze-dried immediately. Initially, specimens were quenched in liquid freon followed by immersion in liquid nitrogen. They were then placed in ampuoles in a freezer at −45C and sublimated by vacuum until dry. After the specimens appeared dry, the freezer was allowed to come to room temperature slowly while the vacuum was maintained. The dried specimens were attached to metal pegs with conductive silver paint and placed in a vacuum evaporator on a rotating tilting stage. They were then coated by evaporating an alloy of 20% palladium and 80% gold to a thickness of approximately 300 A°. The specimens were examined by secondary electron emmission in a scanning electron microscope.

Observations of thick and thin sections in a field-emission SEM

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 1018-1019
Author(s):  
W. P. Wergin ◽  
S. Roy ◽  
E. F. Erbe ◽  
C. A. Murphy ◽  
C. D. Pooley
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Osmium Tetroxide ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Chemical Fixation ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Conventional Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron

Larvae of the nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser strain All, were cryofixed and freezesubstituted for 3 days in acetone containing 2% osmium tetroxide according to established procedures. Following chemical fixation, the nematodes were brought to room temperature, embedded in Spurr's medium and sectioned for observation with a Hitachi S-4100 field emission scanning electron microscope that was equipped with an Oxford CT 1500 Cryotrans System. Thin sections, about 80 nm thick, similar to those generally used in conventional transmission electron microscope (TEM) studies were mounted on copper grids and stained with uranyl acetate for 30 min and lead citrate for 5 min. Sections about 2 μm thick were also mounted and stained in a similar fashion. The grids were mounted on an Oxford grid holder, inserted into the microscope and onto a cryostage that was operated at ambient temperature. Thick and thin sections of the larvae were evaluated and photographed in the SEM at different accelerating voltages. Figs. 4 and 5 have undergone contrast conversion so that the images would resemble transmitted electron micrographs obtained with a TEM.

scholarly journals MORFOLOGI DAN EFISIENSI SEL SURYA FOTOELEKTROKIMIA BERBASIS NANOSTRUKTUR ZnO DILAPISI TEMBAGA

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Iwantono Iwantono ◽  
Sella Natalia ◽  
Rinaldo Abdi ◽  
Awitdrus Awitdrus ◽  
Zulkarnain Zulkarnain
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Active Material ◽  
Geometrical Shape ◽  
Halogen Lamp ◽  
Zno Nanostructures ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Scanning Electron

ZnO nanostructures coated Cu (Copper) have been successfully grown using a method of seed mediated hydrotermal. The growth of Cu coated ZnO nanostructures were used as an active material of DSSC. The Cu on ZnO nanostructures has been coated at a concentration of 10 mM at room temperature in 30 minutes. The samples were characterized using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX). The FESEM images showed that the geometrical shape of ZnO nanostructures was nanoflower. Spectra of EDX showed Cu was really exist in all samplesof about 0.8%. A DSSC was fabricated by using the ZnO nanostructured coated Cu as an active material.The results of I-V measurements under iluminattion of halogen lamp its intensity of 100 mW/cm2 has produced efficiency 0.35% (DSSC without copper) and increasedto 0,43% whenCuwas coated on ZnO.

Fabricating Polyvinyl Alcohol Fibers with Evenly Distributed Nano Silver

2015 ◽  
Vol 827 ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harsojo ◽  
Anna Layla ◽  
Kuwat Triyana ◽  
Harini Sosiati
Keyword(s):  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Optical Property ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Polyvinyl Alcohol ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Hole Diameter ◽  
Dc Voltage ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Electron

Fabrication of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers loaded with evenly distributed nanosilver has been sucessfully done using electrospinner. The electrospinner is set at 15 kV DC voltage with distance between electrodes 13 cm, using a syringe hole diameter 0,5 mm. The feeding solution for the electrospinning was prepared by directly mixing the solution of PVA in water with a stable colloid of nanosilver at room temperature. The fibers morphology was characterized using scanning electron microscope. The optical property was tested using spectrometer. The distribution of silver nanoparticles in the fibers was tested using transmission electron microscope. The result indicates that the fibers still showing plasmonic property of silver having peak at 410 nm with no crystaline changes. The diameter of fibers loaded with nanosilver are smaller compared to that of the ones without nanosilver.The distribution of nanosilver in fibers made of PVA and the ones made of PVA and chitosan are compared and discussed.

scholarly journals Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles UsingKedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Amutha ◽  
P. Lalitha ◽  
M. Jannathul Firdhouse
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Ftir Analysis ◽  
Visible Spectroscopy ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Uv Visible ◽  
Scanning Electron

Nanosilver was synthesized using the aqueous solution of solvent extracts of leaf and stem ofKedrostis foetidissima. Three different methods of formation of silver nanoparticles such as reaction at (i) room temperature, (ii) higher temperature, and (iii) sonication were employed in the present study. The synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometer, Scherrer’s formula, scanning electron microscopy, and FTIR analysis.

A New Image Processing Technique for STEM

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 432-433
Author(s):  
Yasushi Kokubo ◽  
Hirotami Koike ◽  
Teruo Someya
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Image Processing ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Elastic Scattering ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Image Processing Technique ◽  
Energy Analyzer ◽  
Scanning Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron

One of the advantages of scanning electron microscopy is the capability for processing the image contrast, i.e., the image processing technique. Crewe et al were the first to apply this technique to a field emission scanning microscope and show images of individual atoms. They obtained a contrast which depended exclusively on the atomic numbers of specimen elements (Zcontrast), by displaying the images treated with the intensity ratio of elastically scattered to inelastically scattered electrons. The elastic scattering electrons were extracted by a solid detector and inelastic scattering electrons by an energy analyzer. We noted, however, that there is a possibility of the same contrast being obtained only by using an annular-type solid detector consisting of multiple concentric detector elements.

The significance of SEM in the diagnosis of haematopoietic malignancies

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-315
Author(s):  
Etienne de Harven ◽  
Nina Lampen
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Cell Attachment ◽  
Ethanol Dehydration ◽  
Moist Chamber ◽  
Efficient Alternative ◽  
Mononuclear Leucocytes ◽  
Fast Quenching ◽  
Freeze Dryer ◽  
Scanning Electron

Samples of heparinized blood, or bone marrow aspirates, or cell suspensions prepared from biopsied tissues (nodes, spleen, etc. ) are routinely prepared, after Ficoll-Hypaque concentration of the mononuclear leucocytes, for scanning electron microscopy. One drop of the cell suspension is placed in a moist chamber on a poly-l-lysine pretreated plastic coverslip (Mazia et al., J. Cell Biol. 66:198-199, 1975) and fifteen minutes allowed for cell attachment. Fixation, started in 2. 5% glutaraldehyde in culture medium at room temperature for 30 minutes, is continued in the same fixative at 4°C overnight or longer. Ethanol dehydration is immediately followed by drying at the critical point of CO2 or of Freon 13. An efficient alternative method for ethanol dehydrated cells is to dry the cells at low temperature (-75°C) under vacuum (10-2 Torr) for 30 minutes in an Edwards-Pearse freeze-dryer (de Harven et al., SEM/IITRI/1977, 519-524). This is preceded by fast quenching in supercooled ethanol (between -90 and -100°C).

Field Emission SEM Equipped With Noise Compensator

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 302-303
Author(s):  
S. Saito ◽  
H. Todokoro ◽  
S. Nomura ◽  
T. Komoda
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Low Contrast ◽  
Probe Current ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
Scanning Electron

Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) features extremely high resolution images, and offers many valuable information. But, for a specimen which gives low contrast images, lateral stripes appear in images. These stripes are resulted from signal fluctuations caused by probe current noises. In order to obtain good images without stripes, the fluctuations should be less than 1%, especially for low contrast images. For this purpose, the authors realized a noise compensator, and applied this to the FESEM.Fig. 1 shows an outline of FESEM equipped with a noise compensator. Two apertures are provided gust under the field emission gun.

Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy of Human Red Blood Cells

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
A.J. Tousimis ◽  
T.R. Padden
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Human Red Blood Cells ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Microscope Slides ◽  
Scanning Electron

The size, shape and surface morphology of human erythrocytes (RBC) were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), of the fixed material directly and by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of surface replicas to compare the relative merits of these two observational procedures for this type specimen.A sample of human blood was fixed in glutaraldehyde and washed in distilled water by centrifugation. The washed RBC's were spread on freshly cleaved mica and on aluminum coated microscope slides and then air dried at room temperature. The SEM specimens were rotary coated with 150Å of 60:40- gold:palladium alloy in a vacuum evaporator using a new combination spinning and tilting device. The TEM specimens were preshadowed with platinum and then rotary coated with carbon in the same device. After stripping the RBC-Pt-C composite film, the RBC's were dissolved in 2.5N HNO3 followed by 0.2N NaOH leaving the preshadowed surface replicas showing positive topography.

Scanning Microscopy of Human Intestinal Explants in Organ Culture

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 396-397
Author(s):  
Bruce Wetzel ◽  
Robert Buscho ◽  
Raphael Dolin
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Human Fetuses ◽  
Enteric Disease ◽  
Organ Cultures ◽  
Growth Of A Variety ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Fetal Intestine ◽  
Scanning Electron

It has been reported that explants of human fetal intestine can be maintained in culture for up to 21 days in a viable condition and that these organ cultures support the growth of a variety of known viral agents responsible for enteric disease. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been undertaken on several series of these explants to determine their appearance under routine culture conditions.Fresh specimens of jejunum obtained from normal human fetuses were washed, dissected into l-4mm pieces, and cultured in modified Leibowitz L-15 medium at 34° C as previously described. Serial specimens were fixed each day in 3% glutaraldehyde for 90 minutes at room temperature, rinsed, dehydrated, and dried by the CO2 critical point method in a Denton DCP-1 device. Specimens were attached to aluminum stubs with 3M transfer tape No. 465, and one sample on each stub was carefully rolled along the adhesive such that villi were broken off to expose their interiors.

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