Synthesis of flexible, ultrathin gold nanowires in organic media
Gold nanoparticles are very interesting because of their potential applications in microelectronics, optical devices, analytical detection schemes, and biomedicine. Though shape control has been achieved in several polar solvents, the capability to prepare organosols containing elongated gold nanopa...
| Publié dans: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1991. - 24(2008), 17 vom: 02. Sept., Seite 9855-60 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2008
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| Accès à la collection: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Sujets: | Journal Article |
| Résumé: | Gold nanoparticles are very interesting because of their potential applications in microelectronics, optical devices, analytical detection schemes, and biomedicine. Though shape control has been achieved in several polar solvents, the capability to prepare organosols containing elongated gold nanoparticles has been very limited. In this work we report a novel, simplified method to produce long, thin gold nanowires in an organic solvent (oleylamine), which can be readily redispersed into nonpolar organic solvents. These wires have a characteristic flexible, hairy morphology arising from a small thickness (<2 nm) and an enormous length (up to several micrometers), with the possibility of adjusting the dimensions through modification of the growth conditions, in particular, the gold salt concentration. Despite their extreme aspect ratio, the wires are stable in solution for long periods of time but easily break when irradiated with high-energy electron beams during transmission electron microscopy |
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| Description: | Date Completed 13.11.2008 Date Revised 29.08.2008 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0743-7463 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la801675d |