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Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles Increases during Storage Because of Slow Dissolution under Release of Silver Ions

, , , , and . Chemistry of Materials, 22 (16): 4548–4554 (2010)
DOI: 10.1021/cm100023p

Abstract

The dissolution of citrate-stabilized and poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-stabilized silver nanoparticles in water was studied by dialysis for up to 125 days at 5, 25, and 37 °C. The particles slowly dissolve into ions on a time scale of several days. However, in all cases, a limiting value of the released silver was observed, i.e., the particles did not completely dissolve. In some cases, the nanoparticles released up to 90\% of their weight. Formal kinetic data were computed. Rate and degree of dissolution depended on the functionalization as well as on the storage temperature. The release of silver led to a considerably increased toxicity of silver nanoparticles which had been stored in dispersion for several weeks toward human mesenchymal stem cells due to the increased concentration of silver ions. Consequently, �? aged�? (i.e., immersed) silver nanoparticles are much more toxic to cells than freshly prepared silver nanoparticles.

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