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Fig. S2. UV-vis absorption spectra of the as-prepared SiO2/Ag composite microspheres obtained from different amount of silica and [Ag(NH3)2]+ at 180 oC for ...
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Silica/Ultrasmall Ag Composite Microspheres: Facile Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial and Catalytic Performance

Fig. S1. SEM (a, b) and TEM (c,d) images of silica microspheres with 200 nm in diameters.

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Absorbance(a.u.)

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Fig. S2. UV-vis absorption spectra of the as-prepared SiO 2 /Ag composite microspheres obtained from different amount of silica and [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ]+ at 180 oC for 24 hour: (a) 0.5 g silica microspheres and 0.5 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ]+; (b) 0.5 g silica microspheres and 1.0 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ]+ 4 h ; (c) 0.25 g silica microspheres and 1.0 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ]+ , respectively.

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Fig. S3. TEM image of the as-prepared SiO 2 /Ag composite microspheres obtained from 0.5 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ]+ in presence of 0.5 g silica at 180 oC for 24 hour.

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2theta /deg. Fig. S4. XRD patterns of the as-prepared samples from reaction of 0.5 g silica microspheres and 1 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ]+ at 140 oC (a), (b) 160 oC and 180 oC for 24 h; respectively.

a 0.030

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dV/dD(cm3/kg/nm)

Volume Absorbed(cm3/g)

25

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Fig. S5 Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms (a) and pore-size distribution curves (b) of the assynthesized SiO 2 /Ag composite microspheres.

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Table S1 Element composition of the as-prepared SiO 2 /Ag microspheres from XPS analyses. Name Si2p C1s Ag3d O1s Total

Atomic% 31.16 9.52 2.16 57.17 100

Table S2. The MICs and MBCs of samples against (E. Coli) pathogenic organisms Sample 1

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Sample 6

MIC(µg/ml)

80

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200

80

MBC(µg /ml)

80

500

80

500

500

80

* Smaple 1: the SiO 2 /Ag microspheres obtained from 1 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ] at in presence of 0.5 g silica microspheres at 180 oC for 24 h; Sample 2: the SiO 2 /Ag microspheres obtained from 0.5 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ] at in presence of 0.5 g silica microspheres at 180 oC for 24 h; Sample 3: the SiO 2 /Ag microspheres obtained from 1 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ] at in presence of 0.25 g silica microspheres at 180 oC for 24 h; Smaple 4: the SiO 2 /Ag microspheres obtained from 0.5 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ] at in presence of 0.5 g silica microspheres at 160 oC for 24 h; Sample 5: the SiO 2 /Ag microspheres obtained from 1 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ] at in presence of 0.5 g silica microspheres at 160 oC for 24 h; Sample 6: the SiO 2 /Ag microspheres obtained from 1 mmol [Ag(NH 3 ) 2 ] at in presence of 0.25 g silica microspheres at 160 oC for 24 h.

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