Controlling the structure and size of Au nanocrystals by annealing and ion sputtering

In situ thermal annealing was used for the first time to observe directly that Au nanoparticles, which were originally fully embedded in the near-surface region of TiO(2), can be tailored into hemispheres exposed at the surface at elevated temperature. Precise control of the size of the Au hemispher...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 28(2012), 1 vom: 10. Jan., Seite 51-5
Auteur principal: Li, Weixing (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Chen, Yanbin, Zhang, Jiaming, Wang, Lumin, Ewing, Rodney C
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2012
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Gold 7440-57-5
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Résumé:In situ thermal annealing was used for the first time to observe directly that Au nanoparticles, which were originally fully embedded in the near-surface region of TiO(2), can be tailored into hemispheres exposed at the surface at elevated temperature. Precise control of the size of the Au hemispheres was achieved by subsequent low-energy ion sputtering. This method can be used to control the structure and size of a wide variety of nanoparticles in a matrix where surface structure and particle size are required to obtain specific material properties
Description:Date Completed 25.04.2012
Date Revised 10.01.2012
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la204016v