Aquatic Toxicity Comparison of Silver Nanoparticles and Silver Nanowires

Table 1

Nominal and actual concentrations of silver during fish toxicity testing.

(a) AgNWs

Nominal concentration (mg/L)	0	0.313	0.625	1.250	2.5	5	10
Actual concentration after 3 hr	0	0.37 ± 0.05	0.71 ± 0.03	1.10 ± 0.04	3.68 ± 0.53	7.34 ± 0.68	12.39 ± 1.10
Actual concentration after 96 hr	0	0.31 ± 0.04	0.55 ± 0.06^**	0.93 ± 0.06^**	3.06 ± 0.24	5.35 ± 0.56^**	11.34 ± 0.63

, 3 hr versus 96 hr by Student’s -test. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

(b) AgNPs

Nominal concentration (mg/L)	0	0.313	0.625	1.250	2.5	5	10
Actual concentration after 3 hr ()	0	0.32 ± 0.02	0.53 ± 0.04	1.03 ± 0.06	2.27 ± 0.31	4.89 ± 0.43	10.29 ± 0.51
Actual concentration after 96 hr ()	0	0.24 ± 0.02^**	0.66 ± 0.05^*	0.82 ± 0.07^*	1.99 ± 0.25	4.13 ± 0.48	8.26 ± 0.78^*

, 3 hr versus 96 hr; , 3 hr versus 96 hr by Student’s -test. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.