Tuning Metal Nanostructures in Mesoporous Silica by a Simple Change of Metal Complexes and by Reduction with Grafted Imines and Hemiaminals
Tuning Metal Nanostructures in Mesoporous Silica by a Simple Change of Metal Complexes and by Reduction with Grafted Imines and Hemiaminals
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DOI:
10.1021/jp801992d
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发表时间:
2008-06
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3.7
通讯作者:
You-chang Xie;S. Quinlivan;Tewodros Asefa
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作者:
You-chang Xie;S. Quinlivan;Tewodros Asefa
We report synthetic methods to produce silver (Ag) or gold (Au) monodisperse nanoparticles with different loadings as well as Ag and Au nanorods with tunable aspect ratios and optical properties. This is achieved inside externally functionalized mesoporous SBA-15 material by utilizing a simple change of the type of metal complex that is reduced with imines or hemiaminals that were anchored within the channel walls of the mesoporous material. The imine and hemiaminal groups were produced by reacting grafted 3-aminopropyl groups with CH3CHO or HCHO, respectively. Upon using lower concentrations of aqueous AgNO3 or ammonical [Ag(NH3)2]NO3 solution as the metal source, Ag monodisperse nanoparticles formed. Interestingly, when the concentration of ammonical [Ag(NH3)2]NO3 solution was increased, this resulted exclusively in nanoparticles with a higher loading and with no formation of nanorods; while increasing the concentration of aqueous AgNO3 solution resulted in silver nanorods with higher aspect ratios and ...