Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study on the Growth Behavior of Silver Nanoparticles
Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study on the Growth Behavior of Silver Nanoparticles
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10.1021/jp502482c
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发表时间:
2014-05
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3.7
通讯作者:
Shi Yan;Zhonghua Wu;Hongying Yu;Yu Gong;Yuanyuan Tan;R. Du;Wen Chen;Xue-qing Xing;G. Mo;Zhongjun Chen;Q. Cai;Dong-bai Sun
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作者:
Shi Yan;Zhonghua Wu;Hongying Yu;Yu Gong;Yuanyuan Tan;R. Du;Wen Chen;Xue-qing Xing;G. Mo;Zhongjun Chen;Q. Cai;Dong-bai Sun
Silver nanoparticles were prepared with a chemical reduction method in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) used as a stabilizing agent. During the synthesis of Ag nanoparticles, aqueous silver nitrate solutions were used as the precursors and sodium borohydride was used as the reducing agent. Four Ag-nanoparticle suspensions were prepared with the initial Ag+ concentrations of 2, 4, 6, and 8 mM in the corresponding precursors. The in-situ time-resolved small-angle X-ray-scattering (SAXS) technique was used to monitor the nucleation and growth processes of Ag nanoparticles. The particle-size change with time was obtained by analyzing the SAXS data with a tangent-by-tangent method. The SAXS results demonstrate that the Ag nanoparticle growth behaves as a linear relation in the initial growth stage (<1 s), which was used to evaluate the critical particle size. The growth of Ag nanoparticles experienced a fast stage and then a slow stage in their whole formation process. A diffusion–coalescence model h...