Impacts of Differentially Shaped Silver Nanoparticles with Increasingly Complex Hydrophobic Thiol Surface Coatings in Small-Scale Laboratory Microcosms
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Reagents for Nanoparticle Synthesis
2.2. UV-Vis, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Zeta Potential Measurements (ZP)
2.3. Nanoparticle Synthesis and Characterization
2.4. Exposure Nanocosm Media (NCM)
2.5. Test Organisms
2.6. Experimental Design
2.7. Toxicity Evaluations
2.8. ICP-MS Determination of Ag+ Dissolution and Organismal Uptake
2.9. Statistical Analyses
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. AgNP Synthesis and Characterization
3.2. AgNP Surface Oxidation and Dissolution Studies
3.3. Impacts on Bacterial Growth
3.4. Impact on Algal Growth Rates
3.5. Algal and Bacterial Silver Uptake
3.6. Daphnia Toxicity and Silver Uptake
3.7. Zebrafish Toxicity and Silver Uptake
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Harper, B.J.; Engstrom, A.M.; Harper, S.L.; Mackiewicz, M.R. Impacts of Differentially Shaped Silver Nanoparticles with Increasingly Complex Hydrophobic Thiol Surface Coatings in Small-Scale Laboratory Microcosms. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 654. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14080654
Harper BJ, Engstrom AM, Harper SL, Mackiewicz MR. Impacts of Differentially Shaped Silver Nanoparticles with Increasingly Complex Hydrophobic Thiol Surface Coatings in Small-Scale Laboratory Microcosms. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(8):654. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14080654
Chicago/Turabian StyleHarper, Bryan J., Arek M. Engstrom, Stacey L. Harper, and Marilyn R. Mackiewicz. 2024. "Impacts of Differentially Shaped Silver Nanoparticles with Increasingly Complex Hydrophobic Thiol Surface Coatings in Small-Scale Laboratory Microcosms" Nanomaterials 14, no. 8: 654. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14080654
APA StyleHarper, B. J., Engstrom, A. M., Harper, S. L., & Mackiewicz, M. R. (2024). Impacts of Differentially Shaped Silver Nanoparticles with Increasingly Complex Hydrophobic Thiol Surface Coatings in Small-Scale Laboratory Microcosms. Nanomaterials, 14(8), 654. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14080654