SiO2 /Au核壳结构纳米粒子的制备及表征

通过以金纳米粒子为表面晶种和壳生长的方法制备了金纳米壳包覆二氧化硅的复合纳米粒子。采用TEM 和UV-Vis对复合粒子进行了表征和研究，结果表明所得到的复合粒子粒径均匀、金纳米壳光滑完整，且壳厚度可通过反应物的用量来控制。当核半径与壳厚度之比在4到13之间变化时,复合粒子的光学共振峰在可见光区到近红外光区范围内可发生大于500 nm波长的移动。     

帽状铝纳米粒子的制备及表面等离子共振特性

金属纳米材料具有许多独特的物理和化学性质,其中一个重要的光学性质就是表面等离子共振,然而在大多数情况下,金属纳米粒子表面等离子共振所产生的吸收峰被限制在相对狭小的范围内,很难进行调谐。近年来,以电介质为核金属为壳的核壳结构复合纳米材料成功的解决了这一问题,通过设计和剪裁内核的直径与外壳层厚度的比值,可以实现光学性质可调的特性[1～5]。此类复合材料可被广泛应用于光催化、传感器、光信息存储、生物光子学、生物医学等领域[6～11]。美国莱斯大学及德州的研究人员利用这类核壳结构纳米材料成功地实现了对体外乳腺肿瘤的杀灭实验[12]。在这种类型的材料中,对称性降低的即不完全包裹的纳米粒子如杯状[13]、帽状[13,14]、半球壳状[15]、月牙状[16]等核壳结构复合粒子由     

Au@SiO2核壳纳米粒子的制备及其表面增强拉曼光谱

采用柠檬酸钠还原氯金酸法制备金溶胶, 以正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)为硅源, 氨水作催化剂, 制备以金为核, 二氧化硅为壳的核壳纳米粒子. 金纳米粒子的粒径可以通过柠檬酸钠和氯金酸的比例控制, 通过调节TEOS的量和反应的时间可以控制二氧化硅壳层的厚度. 以苯硫酚为探针分子研究了核壳结构纳米粒子的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)效应与二氧化硅壳层厚度之间的关系. 研究结果表明, 金内核电磁场增强效应随着二氧化硅壳层厚度的增加逐渐减弱, 且其衰减速度比具有相同尺度的双金属核壳结构纳米粒子的慢. 此外, 探针分子主要以物理作用吸附在二氧化硅的表面, 可通过洗涤方法将探针分子除去, 从而可使该复合结构基底用于循环SERS分析.     

帽状铜纳米粒子的制备及表面增强拉曼散射活性研究

采用真空热蒸发法在SiO₂纳米粒子自组装单层膜上沉积铜薄膜制备了帽状铜纳米粒子。用扫描电镜、原子力显微镜和紫外-可见-近红外分光光度计对帽状复合纳米粒子的表面形貌和光学性质进行了表征。以亚甲基蓝和吡啶-(2-偶氮-4)间苯二酚为探针分子,研究了该复合纳米粒子的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)活性。通过比较吸附在不同基底上的吡啶-(2-偶氮-4)间苯二酚的谱峰强度,探讨了SERS效应与表面等离子体共振(SPR)的关系。     

SiO2/ZnO复合纳米粒子的制备及表征

采用双注控制沉积法(Controlled Double-Jet Precipitation,CDJP)将反应物添加到含有SiO₂的溶液中,通过直接的表面反应来制备单分散的SiO₂/ZnO复合纳米粒子,并对其进行了表征。透射电镜(TEM)观察表明,SiO₂表面有一层ZnO纳米颗粒或薄层。对复合纳米粒子SiO₂/ZnO进行X射线衍射(XRD)分析,复合颗粒的衍射峰与单独的氧化锌的衍射峰完全一致。能量弥散X射线法(EDX)分析表明,复合颗粒中含有Zn、Si、O元素。荧光光谱表明有ZnO的吸收峰。     

核壳型Fe_3O_4/Au粒子的制备及其在表面等离子体子共振传感器中的应用

合成了核壳型Fe3O4/Au复合粒子,并对其形貌、光学性质进行了表征.通过外加磁场将Fe3O4/Au复合粒子与兔抗人IgG的偶联体固定于表面等离子体子共振(SPR)传感器的金基底膜上,形成了Fe3O4/Au/抗IgG敏感膜.与传统的通过巯基丙酸连接蛋白的方式相比,磁场作用固定的Fe3O4/Au/抗IgG敏感膜制备简单,易洗脱,具有良好的再生性,且在一定程度上提高了传感器的灵敏度.并对人IgG进行了测定,结果表明,传感器对于浓度范围在1.25～20.00μg·mL-1的人IgG有良好的信号响应.     

Au和SiO2多壳结构的制备和表征

利用自组装技术和胶体还原化学, 制备出金纳米壳Au@SiO₂以及SiO₂包裹的金纳米壳SiO₂@Au@SiO₂; 去除SiO₂@Au@SiO₂颗粒中的金壳层, 获得含有可移动SiO₂核的空心壳H-SiO₂@M-SiO₂. 结果显示: SiO₂@Au@SiO₂复合颗粒表面光滑, 并保留了金壳的近红外吸收特性; 通过改变复合颗粒外层SiO₂厚度, 可以调节其等离激元共振峰的位置; 王水可以有效地去除SiO₂@Au@SiO₂中的金壳, 相应的等离激元共振峰消失.     

Au和SiO2多壳结构的制备和表征

利用自组装技术和胶体还原化学, 制备出金纳米壳Au@SiO₂以及SiO₂包裹的金纳米壳SiO₂@Au@SiO₂; 去除SiO₂@Au@SiO₂颗粒中的金壳层, 获得含有可移动SiO₂核的空心壳H-SiO₂@M-SiO₂. 结果显示: SiO₂@Au@SiO₂复合颗粒表面光滑, 并保留了金壳的近红外吸收特性; 通过改变复合颗粒外层SiO₂厚度, 可以调节其等离激元共振峰的位置; 王水可以有效地去除SiO₂@Au@SiO₂中的金壳, 相应的等离激元共振峰消失.     

帽状锌纳米结构的制备及其表面等离子体共振特性

利用真空热蒸发法在二氧化硅纳米粒子单层膜上沉积锌薄膜制备了帽状锌纳米结构. 采用透射电镜(TEM)、扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)和紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis)对样品的形貌、结构和光学特性进行了表征和研究. SEM照片表明所得到的复合纳米粒子为不完全包裹的帽状结构, 且其表面较粗糙. XRD分析结果显示在二氧化硅纳米粒子上沉积的锌膜呈多晶六角密堆结构. 吸收光谱研究表明, 帽状锌纳米结构在570～760 nm范围内具有明显的由纵向双极子表面等离子体共振引起的吸收峰, 且随着锌帽层厚度的增加或二氧化硅内核粒径的增大, 该吸收峰逐渐红移; 当内核粒径增大到500 nm时, 帽状锌纳米结构在412 nm附近还出现了一个四极子共振峰.     

Preparation, characterization, and optical properties of gold, silver, and gold-silver alloy nanoshells having silica cores

This report describes the structural and optical properties of a series of spherical shell/core nanoparticles in which the shell is comprised of a thin layer of gold, silver, or gold-silver alloy, and the core is comprised of a monodispersed silica nanoparticle. The silica core particles were prepared using the St?ber method, functionalized with terminal amine groups, and then seeded with small gold nanoparticles (approximately 2 nm in diameter). The gold-seeded silica particles were coated with a layer of gold, silver, or gold-silver alloy via solution-phase reduction of an appropriate metal ion or mixture of metal ions. The size, morphology, and elemental composition of the composite nanoparticles were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The optical properties of the nanoparticles were analyzed by UV-vis spectroscopy, which showed strong absorptions ranging from 400 nm into the near-IR region, where the position of the plasmon band reflected not only the thickness of the metal shell, but also the nature of the metal comprising the shell. Importantly, the results demonstrate a new strategy for tuning the position of the plasmon resonance without having to vary the core diameter or the shell thickness.     

The effect of fructose derived carbon shells on the plasmon resonance and stability of silver nanoparticles

Carbon nanoparticles between 10 and 50 nm in diameter and carbon shells of various thickness around silver nanoparticles were synthesized by the hydrothermal reaction of fructose. The effect of the carbon shells on the plasmon resonance of the silver nanoparticles and their stability in sodium chloride solutions was investigated. The shell thickness can be adjusted to have insignificant damping of the plasmon resonance and provide stabilization of the particles in solutions with high ionic strength. Hydrazine–carbonyl cross-linking reactions were performed to link fluorescent dye molecules to carbonyl groups on the carbon shell surface.     

Anisotropic particles with different morphologies of silver nanoshell: Synthesis and optical properties

Hydrosols of spindle-shaped composite particles with the core of iron(III) oxyhydroxide and silver shell are synthesized by enlarging metal seeding nanoparticles adsorbed on the surface of the cores in the solution containing silver nitrate and mild reducing agent. It is revealed that the character of the growth of shells on gold seeding particles greatly depends on the type of reducing agent. When using ascorbic acid, seeding particles grow primarily in the direction normal to the core surface due to the blocking of some of the particle faces by ions present in the solution. As a result, the forming shell is characterized by a fairly nonuniform structure. At the same time, when using formaldehyde, the growth of seeding nanoparticles proceeds predominantly in the lateral direction to form first an island-like film, then a continuous thin metal shell on the core surface. It is demonstrated that the position of localized surface plasmon resonance of such structure can be fine tuned to the preset wavelength by controlled variations in the thickness of Ag shell with very small step (up to 1 nm).     

Environmentally sensitive silver nanoparticles of controlled size synthesized with PNIPAM as a nucleating and capping agent

Metal nanoparticles combined with environmentally sensitive polymers can lead to enhanced nanometer-sized switches. We present a silver nanoparticle synthesis method that uses poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) as the nucleating, capping, and stabilizing agent. The synthesis is performed at room temperature by sodium borohydride-mediated reduction of silver nitrate in the presence of a fully hydrated polymer. The resulting metal nanoparticles have a narrow size distribution comparable to or better than those achieved with other synthesis methods. The silver particles can be thermally precipitated by the collapse of the PNIPAM shell and resolubilized with fast response times, as shown by surface plasmon spectroscopy. The silver-PNIPAM composite allows for combined surface plasmon and thermal switching applications.     

Fast and facile synthesis of silica coated silver nanoparticles by microwave irradiation

A novel, fast and facile microwave technique has been developed for preparing monodispersed silica coated silver (Ag@SiO(2)) nanoparticles. Without using any other surface coupling agents such as 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APS) or polymer such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), Ag@SiO(2) nanoparticles could be easily prepared by microwave irradiation of a mixture of colloidal silver nanoparticles, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and catalyst for only 2 min. The thickness of silica shell could be conveniently controlled in the range of few nanometers (nm) to 80 nm by changing the concentration of TEOS. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-visible spectroscopy were employed to characterize the morphology and optical properties of the prepared Ag@SiO(2) nanoparticles, respectively. The prepared Ag@SiO(2) nanoparticles exhibited a change in surface plasmon absorption depending on the silica thickness. Compared to the conventional techniques based on St?ber method, which need 4-24 h for silica coating of Ag nanoparticles, this new technique is capable of synthesizing monodispersed, uniform and single core containing Ag@SiO(2) nanoparticles within very short reaction time. In addition, straightforward surface functionalization of the prepared Ag@SiO(2) nanoparticles with desired functional groups was performed to make the particles useful for many applications. The components of surface functionalized nanoparticles were examined by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, zeta potential measurements and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).     

Exciton-plasmon interaction in a composite metal-insulator-semiconductor nanowire system

We report about the synthesis and optical properties of a composite metal-insulator-semiconductor nanowire system which consists of a wet-chemically grown silver wire core surrounded by a SiO2 shell of controlled thickness, followed by an outer shell of highly luminescent CdSe nanocrystals. With microphotoluminescence (micro-PL) experiments, we studied the exciton-plasmon interaction in individual nanowires and analyzed the spatially resolved nanocrystal emission for different nanowire length, SiO2-shell thickness, nanocrystal shape, pump power, and emission polarization. For an SiO2 spacer thickness of approximately 15 nm, we observed an efficient excitation of surface plasmons by excitonic emission of CdSe nanocrystals. For nanowire lengths up to approximately 10 microm, the composite metal-insulator-semiconductor nanowires ((Ag)SiO2)CdSe act as a waveguide for 1D-surface plasmons at optical frequencies with efficient photon outcoupling at the nanowire tips, which is promising for efficient exciton-plasmon-photon conversion and surface plasmon guiding on a submicron scale in the visible spectral range.     

Preparation of highly dispersed core/shell-type titania nanocapsules containing a single Ag nanoparticle

Core/shell-type titania nanocapsules containing a single Ag nanoparticle were prepared. Ag nanoparticles were prepared using the reduction of silver nitrate with hydrazine in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as protective agent. The sol-gel reaction of titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) was used to prepare core/shell-type titania nanocapsules with CTAB-coated Ag nanoparticles as the core. TEM observations revealed that the size of the core (Ag particle) and the thickness of the shell (titania) of the core/shell particles obtained are about 10 nm and 5-10 nm, respectively. In addition, the nanocapsules were found to be dispersed in the medium as individual particles without aggregation. Moreover, titania coating caused the surface plasmon absorption of Ag nanoparticles to shift toward the longer wavelength side.     

Sensoric potential of gold�Csilver core�Cshell nanoparticles

The sensitivities of five different core-shell nanostructures were investigated towards changes in the refractive index of the surrounding medium. The shift of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) maximum served as a measure of the (respective) sensitivity. Thus, gold-silver core-shell nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared with different shell thicknesses in a two-step chemical process without the use of any (possibly disturbing) surfactants. The measurements were supported by ultramicroscopic images in order to size the resulting core-shell structures. When compared to sensitivities of nanostructures reported in the literature with those of the (roughly spherical) gold-silver core-shell NPs, the latter showed comparable (or even higher) sensitivities than gold nanorods. The experimental finding is supported by theoretical calculation of optical properties of such core-shell NP. Extinction spectra of ideal spherical and deformed core-shell NPs with various core/shell sizes were calculated, and the presence of an optimal silver shell thickness with increased sensitivity was confirmed. This effect is explained by the existence of two overlapping plasmon bands in the NP, which change their relative intensity upon change of refractive index. Results of this research show a possibility of improving LSPR sensor by adding an extra metallic layer of certain thickness.     

SPEEK/PVA-AgNPs复合膜的制备与表征

首先,以磺化聚醚醚酮(SPEEK)为光敏自由基载体,以聚乙烯醇(PVA)为分散稳定剂,制备了具有光生自由基功能的SPEEK/PVA高分子膜;然后,通过在SPEEK/PVA膜上紫外光诱导Ag+还原生成纳米银颗粒(AgNPs),从而得到SPEEK/PVA-AgNPs复合膜。采用紫外可见分光光度计(UV-Vis)、扫描电镜(SEM)、能谱仪(EDS)、X射线光电子能谱分析(XPS)及傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)等手段对SPEEK/PVA-AgNPs材料进行了表征。结果显示:生成的银颗粒为纳米级,较均匀地分布在SPEEK/PVA高分子膜表面,SPEEK/PVA-AgNPs复合膜整体呈现棕色;形成的银纳米颗粒具有较完整的晶型,且价态分析显示其为单质。