That is a good question! We got our silver nanoparticle compound from nanoComposix which is a nanotechnology compound. After doing some research it seems that the particles themselves are synthesized using irradiation methods
What do you think the results of running the experiment with lower concentrations will look like? Do you think this will change your results significantly?
I would predict that the effectiveness of the nanoparticles would steadily increase and bacterial growth would drop based on the current trends of our graphs. I think this wouldn’t necessarily change our results, and instead enhance them because it would allow us to see and optimal concentration.
You mentioned in your limitations secttion about how the dark opacity of silver nanoparticles may have affected absorbance readings. How significantly do you think this skewed your results?
We think it skewed it enough to possibly make it look like high concentrations of the silver nanoparticles promoted bacterial growth which may or may not be completely accurate. However, this dark opacity did not skew the results of the lower concentrations because the lower concentrated solutions did not retain the color and did not skew the values.
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How was the silver particle compound used in the methods sections made?
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That is a good question! We got our silver nanoparticle compound from nanoComposix which is a nanotechnology compound. After doing some research it seems that the particles themselves are synthesized using irradiation methods
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What do you think the results of running the experiment with lower concentrations will look like? Do you think this will change your results significantly?
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I would predict that the effectiveness of the nanoparticles would steadily increase and bacterial growth would drop based on the current trends of our graphs. I think this wouldn’t necessarily change our results, and instead enhance them because it would allow us to see and optimal concentration.
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You mentioned in your limitations secttion about how the dark opacity of silver nanoparticles may have affected absorbance readings. How significantly do you think this skewed your results?
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We think it skewed it enough to possibly make it look like high concentrations of the silver nanoparticles promoted bacterial growth which may or may not be completely accurate. However, this dark opacity did not skew the results of the lower concentrations because the lower concentrated solutions did not retain the color and did not skew the values.
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