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Shape-tailoring and catalytic function of anisotropic gold nanostructures.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Premkumar, Thathan Lee, Kyungjae Geckeler, Kurt E |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | We report a facile, one-pot, shape-selective synthesis of gold nanoparticles in high yield by the reaction of an aqueous potassium tetrachloroaurate(III) solution with a commercially available detergent. We prove that a commercial detergent can act as a reducing as well as stabilizing agent for the synthesis of differently shaped gold nanoparticles in an aqueous solution at an ambient condition. It is noteworthy that the gold nanoparticles with different shapes can be prepared by simply changing the reaction conditions. It is considered that a slow reduction of the gold ions along with shape-directed effects of the components of the detergent plays a vital function in the formation of the gold nanostructures. Further, the as-prepared gold nanoparticles showed the catalytic activity for the reduction reaction of 4-nitrophenol in the presence of sodium borohydride at room temperature. |
| ISSN | 19317573 |
| Journal | Nanoscale Research Letters |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC3212085 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| PubMed reference number | 21974964 |
| e-ISSN | 1556276X |
| DOI | 10.1186/1556-276x-6-547 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publisher Date | 2011-10-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright ©2011 Premkumar et al; licensee Springer. |
| Subject Keyword | gold nanoparticles detergent catalytic activity one-pot synthesis |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Materials Science |