One-Pot Tuning of Au Nucleation and Growth: From Nanoclusters to Nanoparticles

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• 作者：Sheng-Feng Lai ; Wen-Chang Chen ; Cheng-Liang Wang ; Hsiang-Hsin Chen ; Shin-Tai Chen ; Chia-Chi Chien ; Yi-Yun Chen ; Wen-Ting Hung ; Xiaoqing Cai ; Enrong Li ; Ivan M. Kempson ; Y. Hwu ; C. S. Yang ; Eng-Soon Tok ; Hui Ru Tan ; Ming Lin ; G. Margaritondo
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：July 5, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：27
• 期：13
• 页码：8424-8429
• 全文大小：993K
• 年卷期：v.27,no.13(July 5, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

We describe a simple and effective method to obtain colloidal surface-functionalized Au nanoparticles. The method is primarily based on irradiation of a gold solution with high-flux X-rays from a synchrotron source in the presence of 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA). Extensive tests of the products demonstrated high colloidal density as well as excellent stability, shelf life, and biocompatibility. Specific tests with X-ray diffraction, UV鈥搗isible spectrometry, visible microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, dark-field visible-light scattering microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that MUA, being an effective surfactant, not only allows tunable size control of the nanoparticles, but also facilitates functionalization. The nanoparticle sizes were 6.45 卤 1.58, 1.83 卤 1.21, 1.52 卤 0.37 and 1.18 卤 0.26 nm with no MUA and with MUA-to-Au ratios of 1:2, 1:1, and 3:1. The MUA additionally enabled functionalization with l-glycine. We thus demonstrated flexibility in controlling the nanoparticle size over a large range with narrow size distribution.