“…The most common technique for nanoparticles preparation is the reduction by reducing agents of organic or inorganic character, for example sodium ascorbate, hydrogen, N , N -dimethyl formamide, or sodium borohydride. The principle of AgNPs preparation is the reduction of Ag + ion to metallic form Ag 0 which is followed by agglomeration into oligomeric clusters leading to the formation of metallic colloidal AgNPs [ 92 ]. To avoid the agglomeration of nanoparticles, it is necessary to use stabilizing agents, such as poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinyl pyrrolidine), or polyethylene glycol [ 93 , 94 , 95 ].…”