Effect of both protective and reducing agents in the synthesis of multicolor silver nanoparticles

Pedro Jose Rivero,Javier Goicoechea,Aitor Urrutia,Francisco Javier Arregui

doi:10.1186/1556-276x-8-101

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276x-8-101

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Journal: Nanoscale Research Letters	Publication Date: Feb 22, 2013
Citations: 80	License type: CC BY 2.0

Affiliation: University of Navarra

Abstract

In this paper, the influence of variable molar ratios between reducing and loading agents (1:100, 1:50, 1:20, 1:10, 1:5, 1:2, 1:1, 2:1) and between protective and loading agents (0.3:1, 0.75:1, 1.5:1, 3:1, 7.5:1, 30:1, 75:1) in the synthesis of silver nanoparticles by chemical reduction has been evaluated to obtain multicolor nanoparticles with a high stability in time. The protective agent poly(acrylic acid, sodium salt) (PAA) and reducing agent dimethylaminoborane (DMAB) play a key role in the formation of the resultant color. Evolution of the optical absorption bands of the silver nanoparticles as a function of PAA and DMAB molar ratios made it possible to confirm the presence of silver nanoparticles or clusters with a specific shape. The results reveal that a wide range of colors (violet, blue, green, brown, yellow, red, orange), sizes (from nanometer to micrometer), and shapes (cubic, rod, triangle, hexagonal, spherical) can be perfectly tuned by means of a fine control of the PAA and DMAB molar concentrations.

Highlights

Metal nanoparticles (NPs) (e.g., Ag, Au, Cu NPs) have attracted great interest in a number of disciplines because of their potential applications in optical, medical, or electronic devices
One of the most frequently used methods is the production of AgNPs from aqueous solutions of Ag+ salts by exposure to radiation [12,13,14,15] or via chemical reduction [16,17]
The samples of the multicolor silver map have been synthesized several times under the same experimental conditions, and no significant difference in the optical absorption spectra of the AgNPs was observed

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Metal nanoparticles (NPs) (e.g., Ag, Au, Cu NPs) have attracted great interest in a number of disciplines because of their potential applications in optical, medical, or electronic devices. The control of their size and shape is a challenging goal, and a large number of reports have been published for the preparation of metal nanoparticles of various morphologies [1,2,3,4,5], mainly for plasmonic and sensing applications [6].

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