(1) Chubu Research Base, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Nagoya 463-8560, Japan;(2) Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan;(3) Tsukuba Nanotechnology Co Ltd., Tsukuba 305-0035, Japan
Abstract:
Plasma desorption mass spectrometry has been applied to
characterization of dodecanthiol-passivated gold nanoparticles.
An overview of the experimental set-up and mass analyses for the
nanoparticles prepared in different conditions are shown. Mass
distributions were found to shift to higher mass regions with
increasing reaction temperature and reaction period. The results
are consistent with those of transmission electron microscopy
observations, UV-visible absorption spectra and also with a
reported laser desorption mass spectrometry.