Issue 31, 2020

Additive-controlled synthesis of monodisperse single crystalline gold nanoparticles: interplay of shape and surface plasmon resonance

Abstract

We introduce a three-step seed-mediated synthesis for single crystalline gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) stabilized by hexadecylpyridinium chloride (CPC) in variable sizes with an independently adjustable ratio of the cubic and octahedral facets. The effect of KBr and ascorbic acid (AA) on shape and growth kinetics is systematically investigated. The kinetic data were evaluated using the minimalistic Finke–Watzky autocatalytic two-step mechanism, which allows to estimate the rate constants of the “pseudoelementary” reactions. The proposed surface-mediated mechanism of reduction of gold ions and Au NP growth allows to explain the effect of gradual increase of bromide ion concentration on switching the Au NP morphology from cubic to octahedral. The plasmonic properties of single particles of different facetings and their assemblies are investigated.

Graphical abstract: Additive-controlled synthesis of monodisperse single crystalline gold nanoparticles: interplay of shape and surface plasmon resonance

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Apr. 2020
Accepted
06 Maijs 2020
First published
08 Maijs 2020

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 10844-10851

Additive-controlled synthesis of monodisperse single crystalline gold nanoparticles: interplay of shape and surface plasmon resonance

F. Kirner, P. Potapov, J. Schultz, J. Geppert, M. Müller, G. González-Rubio, S. Sturm, A. Lubk and E. Sturm, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 10844 DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01748E

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