Tang, J;
Bayazit, M;
Yue, J;
Cao, E;
Gavriilidis, A;
(2016)
Controllable Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution by Microwave Assisted Flow Chemistry.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
, 4
(12)
pp. 6435-6442.
10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01149.
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Abstract
The development of energy efficient, reproducible, and high throughput approaches to gold nanoparticle (Au-NP) synthesis has gained increasing attention over the past decades due to applications in biomedicine, sensors, and catalysis. In this work, single mode microwave irradiation is for the first time combined with microflow chemistry to fabricate Au-NPs continuously and reproducibly with controllable size in an aqueous solution. The major experimental parameters including microwave power, citrate-to-gold molar ratio ([Cit]/[Au]), and reaction residence time have been investigated systematically. As indicated by TEM, the mean particle width of the synthesized Au-NPs is between 4 and 15 nm with mean aspect ratio between ∼1.4 and 2.2 after only 90 s of microwave irradiation. Furthermore, the Au particle morphology can be manipulated from nanowires to nanoparticles by adjusting the [Cit]/[Au] ratio. HRTEM analysis of the produced Au-NPs and UV–vis spectroscopy suggests a correlation between the red-shifted surface plasmon resonance peak and the particle aspect ratio that is probably dependent on the creation of particle–particle junctions, which alter both the size and the aspect ratio of the Au-NPs. The synthesis further demonstrated high reproducibility.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Controllable Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution by Microwave Assisted Flow Chemistry |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01149 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01149 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/ipdf/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01149 |
| Keywords: | Microwave, Flow chemistry, Gold nanoparticles, Particle size, Aspect ratio |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1522235 |
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