Oil-Soluble Silver Nanoparticles

Product Overview

Oil-soluble silver nanoparticles are created by modifying the surface of water-soluble silver nanoparticles with aromatic hydrocarbons, enabling them to be well-dispersed in oil-based solvents. These nanoparticles offer significant potential for use in oil-soluble media and exhibit unique properties and functionalities.

Key Features

• Oil Solubility: The special surface modification allows silver nanoparticles to be stably dispersed in oil-based solvents, overcoming the dispersion issues typically encountered with metal nanoparticles in aqueous media.
• Uniform Size: Oil-soluble silver nanoparticles possess excellent size uniformity, ensuring consistency and predictability across various applications.
• Optical Properties: Due to surface plasmon resonance (SPR), the silver nanoparticles exhibit unique optical characteristics, particularly in absorption and scattering in the visible light spectrum.
• Antibacterial Activity: Silver ions released from the nanoparticles have broad-spectrum inhibitory effects on a variety of bacteria and viruses, effectively preventing the growth of pathogenic microorganisms.

Applications

• Antibacterial Coatings: Oil-soluble silver nanoparticles are widely used in antibacterial coatings for food storage bags, refrigerator surfaces, and personal care products, leveraging their strong antibacterial properties.
• Drug Delivery: These nanoparticles can serve as carriers for drug delivery, enhancing bioavailability and enabling targeted delivery to specific sites within the body for precision medicine.
• Biosensors: Utilizing the unique optical and electrical properties of silver nanoparticles, they are extensively used in the development of biosensors for disease detection and diagnosis.