Abstract
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been synthesised from adsorbed Au on hydrotalcite (Mg/Al HT-AA-Au) using SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate) and sodium citrate as capping agent. Then, the nanoparticles were recovered into pure gold by centrifugation. It is shown that sodium citrate has better activity compared to SDS as the capping agent. The electronic spectra of the resulted AuNPs showed that the optimum pH, sodium citrate concentration and time of sonication were 5, 70 mM, and 2 h, respectively. The results showed that the average size of AuNPs was 32 nm at SPR 531 nm. By centrifugation at 13000 rpm for 8 min, gold dust of Au(0) can be obtained from the gold nanoparticles capped sodium citrate. Based on infrared spectra and XRD, it is proven that the gold dust still contains citric and Mg/Al HT.
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