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The present invention comprises methods and compositions for antimicrobial silver compositions comprising silver nanoparticles. The present invention further comprises compositions for preparing silver nanoparticles comprising at least one stabilizing agent, one or more silver compounds, at least one reducing agent and a solvent. In one aspect, the stabilizing agent comprises a surfactant or a polymer. The polymer may comprise polymers such as polyacrylamides, polyurethanes, and polyamides. In one aspect, the silver compound comprises a salt comprising a silver cation and an anion. The anion may comprise saccharinate derivatives, long chain fatty acids, and alkyl dicarboxylates. The methods of the present invention comprise treating devices with the silver nanoparticle compositions, including, but not limited to, such devices as woven wound care materials, catheters, patient care devices, and collagen matrices. The present invention further comprises treatment of humans and animals wacr6ith the antimicrobial devices described herein.

A process comprising: reacting a silver compound with a reducing agent comprising a hydrazine compound in the presence of a thermally removable stabilizer in a reaction mixture comprising the silver compound, the reducing agent, the stabilizer, and an optional solvent, to form a plurality of silver-containing nanoparticles with molecules of the stabilizer on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles.

A process comprising: reacting a silver compound with a reducing agent comprising a hydrazine compound in the presence of a thermally removable stabilizer in a reaction mixture comprising the silver compound, the reducing agent, the stabilizer, and an optional solvent, to form a plurality of silver-containing nanoparticles with molecules of the stabilizer on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles.

An ink composition comprises silver nanoparticles, hydrocarbon solvent, and an alcohol co-solvent. The ink composition is suitable for printing conductive lines that are uniform, smooth, and narrow on various substrate surfaces.

A method of making a thin film transistor comprising a zinc-oxide-containing semiconductor material and spaced apart first and second electrodes in contact with the material. The co-generation of high quality zinc oxide semiconductor films and contact electrodes is obtained, at low temperatures, using non-vacuum conditions, silver nanoparticles are deposited to form the source and drain and, upon heating, converted to conducting metal. Such an in-situ formation of the silver metal / zinc oxide interface provides superior transistor activity compared to evaporated silver.

An electronic device including in any suitable sequence: a substrate; an optional insulating layer or an optional semiconductor layer, or both the optional insulating layer and the optional semiconductor layer; and an electrically conductive element of the electronic device, wherein the electrically conductive element comprises annealed silver-containing nanoparticles, wherein the silver-containing nanoparticles are a product of a reaction of a silver compound with a reducing agent comprising a hydrazine compound in the presence of a thermally removable stabilizer in a reaction mixture comprising the silver compound, the reducing agent, the stabilizer, and an optional solvent.

The invention discloses a nano silver bacterial fibre preparation method comprising: adding fibre into AgNO3 solution, and adsorbing the mixture; and carrying out reduction reaction on the adsorbed fibre to obtain the nano silver bacterial fibre. The invention has simple production step, and the obtained product has the advantages of even silver nanoparticle distribution and long-lasting fibre antibacterial property and can be washed several times. The invention is suitable for natural fibre and synthetic fibre and can be used for health-care underwear, medicinal gauze, clothes, decorative textiles and the like.

Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a composite fiber filter having high efficiency and high functionality, the method comprising: melt-spinning microfiber yarns on a forming rod, which is made of a conductive material, grounded at one end thereof and rotatably driven, using a melt-spinning device, to form on the forming layer a microfiber layer consisting of the microfiber yarns; and electrospinning on the microfiber layer an electrospinnable polymer solution having a given dielectric constant, using an electrospinning device, so as to form on the microfiber layer a nanofiber layers consisting of nanofiber yarns, wherein the microfiber yarns of the microfiber layer and the nanofiber yarns of the nanofiber layer contain silver nanoparticles so as to have an antibacterial function.

The present invention relates to a process for preparation of silver complex compound and the compositions of silver ink containing the same. The present invention includes a) preparing silver complex compound with special structure by reacting silver compound with at least one or two mixtures selected from ammonium carbamate compound, ammonium carbonate compound or ammonium bicarbonate compound and b) preparing silver nano particles by reacting the silver complex compound with reducer or reducing or pyrolyzing the silver complex compound by applying heat thereto. The preparing method according to the present invention can prepare the silver nano practical with various shapes through a simple preparation process, improve the selectivity of the size of the silver complex compound, fire the silver complex compound even when it is fired at a low temperature of 150° C. or less during a short time, provide the ink compositions capable of forming the coating or the fine pattern showing the high conductivity while facilitating the thickness control of the coating, and provide the ink compositions capable of being applied to the reflective film material, the electromagnetic wave shield, and the antimicrobial agent, etc.

The invention discloses a SERS biological probe and a preparation method thereof. The SERS biological probe provided by the invention comprises a SiO2 core and a metal nanoparticle layer on the surface of the SiO2 core, wherein a plurality of Raman signal molecules connected with the metal nanoparticle layer; a SiO2 layer is also provided outside the metal nanoparticle layer; the Raman signal molecules are positioned between the metal nanoparticle layer and the SiO2 layer; the SiO2 layer surface is modified with biological probe molecules; and the metal nanoparticle layer is Au nanoparticle layer or Ag nanoparticle layer. The SERS biological probe provided by the invention has wide generality, and has wide application prospect in identification and detection of biological molecules (DNA molecules and protein molecules), rapid disease diagnosis, biomedical imaging technology as well as in the fields of serious disease treatment, food hygiene, environmental monitoring, etc.

A method of producing metal nanoparticles in a high yield rate and uniform shape and size, which is thus suitable for mass production. In addition, metal nanoparticles are provided that have superior dispersion stability when re-dispersed in various organic solvents, which thus suitable for use as a conductive ink having high conductivity. The method of producing nanoparticles includes mixing a metal precursor with a copper compound to a hydrocarbon based solvent, mixing an amine-based compound to the mixed solution of the metal precursor with copper compound and hydrocarbon based solvent, and mixing a compound including one or more atoms having at least one lone pair, selected from a group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorous to the mixed solution of the amine-based compound, metal precursor with a copper compound and hydrocarbon based solvent.

A method for stabilizing conjugates between macromolecule and nanoparticle by forming a thin reinforcement layer over the surface of a nanoparticle after macromolecule chains have attached to the surface of the nanoparticle. The stabilized conjugates can be used in a wide range of applications such as in vitro diagnostics, in vivo imaging and therapeutics, which need to be conducted under various severe or harsh conditions.

A DBA-based power device includes a DBA (Direct Bonded Aluminum) substrate. An amount of silver nanoparticle paste of a desired shape and size is deposited (for example by micro-jet deposition) onto a metal plate of the DBA. The paste is then sintered, thereby forming a sintered silver feature that is in electrical contact with an aluminum plate of the DBA. The DBA is bonded (for example, is ultrasonically welded) to a lead of a leadframe. Silver is deposited onto the wafer back side and the wafer is singulated into dice. In a solderless silver-to-silver die attach process, the silvered back side of a die is pressed down onto the sintered silver feature on the top side of the DBA. At an appropriate temperature and pressure, the silver of the die fuses to the sintered silver of the DBA. After wirebonding, encapsulation and lead trimming, the DBA-based power device is completed.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for the production of noble metal nanoparticles and nanowires conjugated to polyols or polymers. The present invention allows the incorporation of noble metal nanoparticles to a wide range of products such as body care products to exploit the biocidal properties of silver nanoparticles against bacteria, viruses and fungi.

The present invention provides methods for making an antimicrobial medical device, preferably an antimicrobial ophthalmic device, more preferably an antimicrobial extended-wear contact lens, which contains chloride-treated silver nanoparticles distributed uniformly therein. The antimicrobial medical device can exhibit antimicrobial activity over an extended period of time but is substantially free of the characteristic yellowish color of the untreated silver nanoparticles.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a length-controlled silicon nanowire array with a smooth surface, and belongs to the technology of the preparation of nanometer materials. The method comprises the following steps of: firstly, performing wet chemical cleaning on a silicon wafer; secondly, depositing a silver nanometer granular layer on the surface of the silicon wafer in mixed solution containing hydrofluoric acid and silver nitrate by an electroless chemical deposition method; thirdly, performing chemical etching by mixed solution containing the hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen peroxide; and finally, removing silver nanometer granules by using nitric acid to obtain the silicon nanowire array. In the method, length-controlled silicon nanowires with the smooth surfaces are prepared by regulating the concentration and etching time of the hydrogen peroxide serving as an oxidant simply in a chemical etch system, so the technical problem of preparing the silicon nanowires with fewer surface defects in metal-assisted chemical etching is solved.

A composition for manufacturing an electrode of a solar cell, comprising metal nanoparticles dispersed in a dispersive medium, wherein the metal nanoparticles contain silver nanoparticles of 75 weight % or more, the metal nanoparticles are chemically modified by a protective agent having a main chain of organic molecule comprising a carbon backbone of carbon number of 1 to 3, and the metal nanoparticles contains 70% or more in number-average of metal nanoparticles having a primary grain size within a range of 10 to 50 nm.

The invention relates to a preparation method for high-conductivity graphene and silver nanoparticle composite materials. The method comprises the steps that graphene oxide is prepared at first; a graphene oxide water solution is prepared; silver nitrate is added into the obtained graphene oxide water solution, the temperature is risen to be 90+ / -10 DEG C, sodium citrate is added in the solution, and stirring and reaction are conducted; ammonium hydroxide and hydrazine hydrate are added into the obtained solution, and stirring and reaction are conducted at the temperature of 90+ / -10 DEG C; deionized water and ethyl alcohol are adopted to clean the reaction product, vacuum freeze drying is conducted on the cleaned reaction product, and then the conductive graphene and silver nanoparticle composite materials are obtained. The conductivity of the composite materials is 3.71-18.32S / cm, the graphene and silver nanoparticle composite materials prepared based on the method can greatly improve the conductivity of graphene, and can be further applied in the field of printed electronics.

The present invention relates to a cosmetic pigment composition exhibiting colors in the visible region, which comprises an effective amount of nanoparticles or a mixture of two or more nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of (a) gold nanoparticles exhibiting red color; (b) silver nanoparticles exhibiting yellow color; (c) gold-silver alloy nanoparticles exhibiting flame color; and (d) gold nanoparticles exhibiting blue color, and a color cosmetic composition and a color lotion comprising the pigment composition. According to the present invention, it is possible to prepare pigments exhibiting various colors in the visible region using gold or silver nanoparticles, and a cosmetic pigment composition which can exhibit various colors by mixing the pigments in various compositional ratios, in which precipitation or agglomeration of particles does not occur, and whose color can be maintained for a long time. Also, since the pigment of the present invention is not harmful to the human body unlike conventional metal pigments, and contains gold or silver that is beneficial to health, the pigment can be used in various applications as functional raw materials.

The invention discloses a titanium alloy containing an antibacterial coating as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The titanium alloy deposited with nano-silver antibacterial coating on the surface is prepared by the following steps: preprocessing and sterilizing the surface of titanium alloy; then soaking the titanium alloy in a dopamine hydrochloride solution with mass-volume concentration of 1-10mg / mL for 12-36h to obtain titanium alloy deposited with a polydopamine thin film layer on the surface; and finally soaking the titanium alloy in a silver nitrate solution which is 5-100mmol / L in concentration for 12-36h. According to the titanium alloy disclosed by the invention, the titanium alloy is connected to silver nanoparticles by virtue of adhesion from self-polymerization of dopamine and adsorbed silver ions are reduced into nano-silver in situ through weak reducibility of the dopamine. Because of broad-spectrum antibacterial capacity of the nano-silver, an excellent antibacterial effect can be achieved with relatively low effect concentration. The invention provides new thinking for antibacterial modification of the titanium alloy, and can effectively promote application of a titanium alloy implant material in the fields of bone tissue repair and regeneration.

The invention provides a carbon nano material / metal nano material composite nano ink which comprises solvent, an additive, a carbon nano material and a metal nano material. The carbon nano material / metal nano material composite nano ink is characterized in that the solvent can comprise water, alcohol organic solvent (ethanol(alcohol), isopropanol, n-butanol and the like), ester organic solvent (ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethylene-propylene acetate and the like), benzene organic solvent (methylbenzene, dimethylbenzene and the like) and ketone organic solvent (cyclohexanone, acetone, methylethylketone, butanone and the like); the additive comprises surfactant, pH value stabilizer, defoaming agent, diluter, reinforcer and the like; the carbon nano material comprises a single-layer carbon nanotube, a double-layer carbon nanotube, a multi-layer carbon nanotube and graphene; the metal (copper, silver, gold, platinum, nickel and the like, also including an alloy nano material, an ITO metal composite nano material and the like) nano material further comprises a metal nanoparticle, a metal nanowire or a metal nanotube; the components of the nano ink must include one carbon nano component and one metal nano component, such as a single-layer carbon nanotube and copper nanowire composite ink, a double-layer carbon nanotube and silver nanowire composite ink, a single-layer carbon nanotube and silver nanoparticle composite ink or any other possible combination; the components can be regulated according to specific applications; and a composite nano conductive film can be formed on different bases through different electronic printing processes. The ink can be used in the printing of a flexible base material and can be conveniently prepared into a flexible conductive film.

A dental implant assembly is disclosed. The dental implant assembly comprises an implant. The dental implant assembly further comprises an abutment coupled to a top portion of the implant. The dental implant assembly further comprises a screw for securing the abutment to the implant. The dental implant assembly further comprises silver nanoparticles positioned on at least one interior surface of at least one of the implant and the abutment.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a grapheme / silver nanoparticles composite material by using a liquid phase method. N and N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) serve as a reducing agent, grapheme powder with purity as high as 99% serves as a carrier, and silver forms a core and grows on a grapheme layer under a soft reaction condition to obtain the grapheme / silver nanoparticles composite material. The preparation method has the advantages of being simple, convenient, rapid and high-efficient in process, the grapheme / silver nanoparticles composite material prepared by using the method is high in purity and less in impurity content, and silver nanoparticles generated on the surface layer of the grapheme are small in particle size, uniform in distribution and high in bond strength with the grapheme. The silver nanoparticles are closely absorbed on the grapheme layer, aggregation of the grapheme is effectively avoided, and application of the grapheme / silver nanoparticles composite material in the fields of electron, catalysis, antibiosis and the like can be enlarged.

The invention provides a nano-silver antibacterial fabric and a preparation method thereof. The nano-silver antibacterial fabric has the characteristics that a zinc oxide nano line grows on the fabric; and silver nano particles are deposited on the zinc oxide nano line. The zinc oxide nano line is synthesized by a solution chemical method; and the silver nano particles are deposited on the zinc oxide nano line by a simple 'immersion-illumination' method. The nano-silver antibacterial fabric prepared by the method has extremely obvious long-time antibacterial performance; the silver nano particles are small in size and cannot be accumulated; a synthesis process is environment-friendly; and the nano-silver antibacterial fabric can be recycled and reused. The nano-silver antibacterial fabric can be used for single-point water treatment to reduce microorganism content in water and can be suitable for medical surgical dressing and medical fabrics; and the nano-silver antibacterial fabric can be used as an antibacterial air filtration device for preventing bio-aerosol from being gathered on a ventilating, heating and air conditioning system.

The invention relates to a hyper branched polyamide amine and metal nanometer compound and the preparation method and the application, belonging to the technical field of nanotechnology which is characterized in that: the compound comprises a polymer and metal nanometer particles, the polymer is the hyper branched polyamide amine made of blocking modification the hyper branched polyamide amine of the vinyl-terminated through different small organic molecules with amine, the content of the polymer is 89wt percent to 98wt percent; the metal nanometer particles are golden or silver nanometer particles, the content of the metal nanometer particles is 2wt percent to 11wt percent. During the preparation course, no reducing agent or ultraviolet irradiation is required, the precursor metal compounds are directly added into the hyper branched polyamide amine solution, and the metal nanometer particles with perfect water dispersion is generated only through one-step reaction under ambient temperature, the average particle size of which is one to eight nm, and the size is controllable. The inhibition zone method and the optical density method tested show that: the hyper branched polyamide amine and the metal nanometer particle compound have perfect antibacterial effects to a plurality of bacteria and fungus.

The invention discloses a method for preparing nano silver particles by using plant extract for reduction, and application of the method. In the method, the extract of natural plants such as chrysanthemum, honeysuckle flower, or bud of Japanese pagoda tree which serves as a reducing agent reacts with Ag<+> in aqueous solution of silver nitrate to ensure that Ag<+> is reduced into elementary substance silver nano particles. The method is simple, reaction conditions are mild, additives except for silver nitrate are not needed, the plant extract which is low in cost and can be easily obtained is used as the reducing agent, and the method is environment-friendly; the nano silver particles obtained by the method have smaller diameters, and high dispersibility and stability in aqueous solution; and Chinese herbal medicine components which have the effects of antibiosis and antiphlogosis are added, and the method has the characteristics of disinfection and sterilization, bacteriostasis, safety, no toxicity or irritation and the like and can be directly applied to multiple kinds of dermatological and surgical bacterial infection or medical equipment and cosmetics.

The present invention provides a method for preparing a medical device, preferably a contact lens, having an antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating on a medical device, wherein the antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating comprises at least one layer of a negatively charged polyionic material having —COOAg groups and / or silver nanoparticles formed by reducing Ag+ ions associated with the —COO− groups of the negatively charged polyionic material. In addition, the present invention provides a medical device prepared according to a method of the invention.

A colorimetric reagent in the form of nanoparticles, composite nanoparticles, and nanoparticle coatings, including methods of use, methods of preparation, deposition, and assembly of related devices and specific applications. The colorimetric reagent comprises cerium oxide nanoparticles which are used in solution or immobilized on a solid support, either alone or in conjunction with oxidase enzymes, to form an active colorimetric component that reacts with an analyte to form a colored complex. The rate of color change and the intensity of the color are proportional to the amount of analyte present in the sample. Also described is the use of ceria and doped ceria nanoparticles as an oxygen storage / delivery vehicle for oxidase enzymes and applications in biocatalytic processes in anaerobic conditions of interest in biomedicine and bioanalysis. Further described are a variety of related applications of the disclosed technology including clinical diagnosis, in vivo implantable devices, food safety, and fermentation control.

A method is disclosed for making a metal electrode which minimizes the contact resistance between it and an organic semiconductor. Acid-stabilized metal nanoparticles are deposited upon a substrate and annealed. This creates a metal electrode and releases acid. Upon deposition of semiconductor and subsequent annealing, the acid diffuses from the electrode into the semiconductor layer and acts as a dopant, minimizing the contact resistance. The use of oleic acid-stabilized silver nanoparticles is demonstrated.

The invention discloses a top silver-cladding gold nanorod array and a preparation method and application thereof. In the array, a gold film is provided with a gold nanorod array of which the top end is cladded with silver nanoparticles with the diameters of between 60 and 90nm, and the bottom surface is provided with an organic matter substrate with the thickness of between 50 and 100 mu m. The method comprises the following steps of: evaporating the gold film on one side of a nano through-hole alumina template, and growing the gold nanorod array in the hole of the template, particularly coating a liquid organic matter on the gold film on one side on which the gold nanorod array does not grow; evaporating the gold film on one side after the liquid organic matter is cured; placing the alumina template of which the hole is deposited with the gold nanorod array and the gold film is coated with the organic matter in acid or alkali solution; etching off the template; and evaporating silver on the top of the gold nanorod array by film evaporating technology to obtain the top silver-cladding gold nanorod array. A trace amount of organic matter rhodamine or 2,3,3'-trichlorodiphenyl can be detected by using the surface enhanced raman scattering effect of the top silver-cladding gold nanorod array.