Cysteine-assisted growth of silver on gold nanorods

Au–Ag core–shell (Au@Ag) nanobars could be synthesized from gold nanorod (NR) seeds with cysteine additives by a two-step process of reaction temperatures. The lateral sides of gold NRs surrounded by surfactant bilayers render cysteine additives binding on both ends of the NRs, and restricted silver deposition to their lateral sides at room temperature. Further, silver deposition can take place at first on the pre-formed silver layers on the lateral sides at higher temperatures and finally resulted in the formation of Au@Ag nanobars in which gold NRs are in the corner positions of the nanobars and their longitudinal axes parallel to the longer sides of the nanobars.     

Biosynthesis of silver nanocrystals by Bacillus licheniformis

The use of microorganisms for the synthesis of nanoparticles is in the limelight of modern nanotechnology. Using the bacterium Bacillus licheniformis, the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles was investigated. These silver nanoparticles were characterized by means of UV-vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron diffraction spectroscopy (EDX) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The nanoparticles exhibited maximum absorbance at 440 nm in UV-vis spectroscopy. The XRD spectrum of silver nanoparticles exhibited 2theta values corresponding to the silver nanocrystal. SEM micrographs revealed the formation of well-dispersed silver nanoparticles of 50 nm, and the presence of silver was confirmed by EDX analysis.     

Angular-dependent metal-enhanced fluorescence from silver colloid-deposited films: opportunity for angular-ratiometric surface assays

We describe an exciting opportunity for Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF)-based surface assays using an angular-ratiometric approach to the observed enhanced emission from fluorophores in close proximity to silver colloids deposited on glass substrates. This approach utilizes the radiationless energy transfer (coupling) between the excited states of the fluorophore and the induced surface plasmons of the silver colloids, and the subsequent angular-dependent fluorescence emission from the fluorophore-silver colloid system. Since MEF is related to surface plasmons' ability to scatter light, angular-dependent light scattering from three different silvered surfaces and glass substrates were investigated using two common excitation angles, 45 and 90 degrees . The scattered light from silvered surfaces with a high loading was observed at wider angles on both sides of the glass substrates, while forward scattering (from the back of the glass) was dominant for the silvered surfaces with low loading, as explained by both Mie and Rayleigh theories. When silver colloids were placed between the fluorophore and glass interface, the coupled fluorescence emission through the higher refractive index glass (and in air), increased in an angular-dependent fashion, following closely the angular-dependent light scattering pattern of the silver colloids themselves. Similar observations for fluorescence emission from fluorophores deposited onto glass surfaces alone were made, but at much narrower angles on both sides of the fluorophore-glass interface and were simply explained by Lambert's cosine law. As the loading of silver on glass was increased, the enhanced fluorescence emission was observed at wider angles (towards 0 and 180 degrees ) at both sides of the silvered surfaces. Glass surfaces without silver colloids were used as control samples to demonstrate the benefits of MEF for enhancing fluorescence signatures in an elegant, angular-dependent fashion. Finally, the utility of the angular-dependent MEF phenomenon for intensity-based angular-ratiometric surface assays is demonstrated.     

One-step synthesis of monodisperse silver nanoparticles beneath vitamin E Langmuir monolayers

The monodisperse silver nanoparticles were synthesized by one-step reduction of silver ions in the alkaline subphase beneath vitamin E (VE) Langmuir monolayers. The monolayers and silver nanocomposite LB films were characterized by surface pressure-area (pi-A) isotherms, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), Fourier transform infrared transmission spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. The results showed that the limiting area/VE molecule on different subphases varied. The phenolic groups in the VE molecules were converted to a quinone structure, and the silver ions were mainly reduced to ellipsoidal and spherical nanoparticles. The arrangement of the nanoparticles changed from sparseness to compactness with reaction time. The electron diffraction pattern indicated that the silver nanoparticles were face-centered cubic (fcc) polycrystalline. Silver nanocomposite LB films with excellent quality could be formed on different substrates, indicating that the transfer ratio of monolayer containing silver nanoparticles is close to unity. The dynamic process of reduction of silver ions by VE LB films was also studied through monitoring the conductivity of an Ag2SO4 alkaline solution.     

光致还原制备透明质酸-纳米银复合物

以透明质酸（HA）为分散载体,通过紫外光还原硝酸银制备出了Ag纳米颗粒分散体系。用紫外-可见光分光光度计（UV-Vis）、傅里叶变换红外光谱（FT-IR）、透射电子显微镜（TEM）、动态激光光散射（DLS）及抑菌实验对所得样品的形貌、结构及性质进行表征。结果表明：所制备的Ag纳米颗粒呈球形,平均粒径约为18 nm,在水...     

以DDAB为模板的银纳米粒子多层膜制备及其表面增强拉曼效应

通过离子交换和静电相互作用, 将银纳米粒子引入双十二烷基二甲基溴化铵(DDAB)模板中, 获得了有序的银纳米粒子多层膜. 用紫外-可见光谱(UV-Vis)、循环伏安(CV)和原子力显微镜(AFM)对其进行了表征, 并用小角X射线衍射(XRD)研究了DDAB模板和银纳米粒子多层膜的有序性结构. 以4-巯基吡啶(4-MPY)为探针分子研究了银纳米粒子多层膜在表面增强拉曼(SERS)方面的应用, 结果表明, 4-MPY吸附在银纳米粒子多层膜上呈现很强的SERS信号, 说明该多层膜可以用作高活性的SERS基底.     

Preparation and Storage of Silver Nanoparticles in Aqueons Polymers

以水溶性聚合物为保护剂,采用化学还原法制备了银纳米粒子,分别利用透射电子显微镜、紫外可见光谱、同步光散射光谱等手段对其进行了表征,并探索了制备银纳米粒子的最佳实验条件。通过将银纳米粒子-聚合物溶液进行脱水,得到含有银纳米粒子的固态聚合物膜。将固态聚合物膜重新溶解于水,其水溶液的紫外可见光谱与脱水前的溶液进行了比较,发现两者性质并无明显差异。因此,将银纳米粒子分散固定在聚合物膜中是一种崭新而有效的银纳米粒子制备和存储方法。     

维生素E绿色还原法制备银纳米粒子的研究

采用一种绿色还原法制备银纳米粒子,以维生素E为还原剂,淀粉为稳定剂,在液相中还原硫酸银,通过改变溶液的pH值和反应时间,得到不同粒径的黄色银纳米粒子,并分别采用透射电镜、红外光谱、紫外-可见吸收光谱、扫描电镜和电化学方法对银纳米粒子进行表征。结果表明:维生素E在溶液中被氧化生成苯醌,反应得到的银纳米粒子为球形,粒径为8~25 nm;在较强碱性条件下,得到的银纳米粒子尺寸较小,分布较均匀,其平均粒径约为10 nm;不同条件下生成的银溶胶分别在417、411、409、408 nm处出现紫外吸收峰,这些吸收峰均为银纳米粒子的表面共振吸收;生成的银纳米粒子具有很好的电化学性质,并对L-半胱氨酸的电化学反应显示了良好的催化活性。     

Thermal decomposition process of silver behenate

The thermal decomposition processes of silver behenate have been studied by infrared spectroscopy (IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), combined thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis-mass spectrometry (TG-DTA-MS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-vis spectroscopy. The TG-DTA and the higher temperature IR and XRD measurements indicated that complicated structural changes took place while heating silver behenate, but there were two distinct thermal transitions. During the first transition at 138 °C, the alkyl chains of silver behenate were transformed from an ordered into a disordered state. During the second transition at about 231 °C, a structural change took place for silver behenate, which was the decomposition of silver behenate. The major products of the thermal decomposition of silver behenate were metallic silver and behenic acid. Upon heating up to 500 °C, the final product of the thermal decomposition was metallic silver. The combined TG-MS analysis showed that the gas products of the thermal decomposition of silver behenate were carbon dioxide, water, hydrogen, acetylene and some small molecule alkenes. TEM and UV-vis spectroscopy were used to investigate the process of the formation and growth of metallic silver nanoparticles.     

Highly reflective and conductive double-surface-silvered polyimide films prepared from silver fluoride and BTDA/4,4'-ODA

This work focuses on surface silver metallization on a 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride/4,4'-oxydianiline (BTDA/ODA)-based polyimide matrix via a direct ion-exchange self-metallization technique using a simple silver salt, silver fluoride, as the silver precursor. The method involves performing an ion-exchange reaction of damp-dry poly(amic acid) films in silver aqueous solution to form silver(I)-containing precursor films. Thermal treatment under tension converts the poly(amic acid) into polyimide and simultaneously reduces the silver(I) to silver(0), yielding silver layers with excellent reflectivity and conductivity on both film sides. However, significant property differences were exhibited on the upside and underside surfaces of the metallized films and this has been discussed in detail. The variation of surface properties and surface morphologies during the thermal curing cycle was also investigated. The mechanical and thermal properties of the metallized polyimide films are essentially similar to those of the host polyimide.     

醇热法合成单晶银纳米线及其表征

以硝酸银为前驱物, 聚乙烯醇缩丁醛(PVB)为结构导向剂, 通过醇热法, 反应温度为140 ℃, 反应时间为24 h的条件下制备了银纳米线. 采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)、热重分析(TG)、红外光谱(FT-IR)和激光拉曼光谱(Raman)等手段对产物进行了系统表征, 结果表明: 所得银纳米线具有面心立方结构, 沿着(111)晶面生长, 具有单晶结构; 考察了反应温度和时间对产物形貌的影响, 结果表明: 反应温度和时间在形成银纳米线的过程中起着关键的作用; 银纳米线具有较强的表面增强拉曼散射效应; 同时提出了银纳米线可能的晶化机理.     

Synthesis and Catalytic Evaluation of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized with <Emphasis Type="Italic">Aloysia triphylla</Emphasis> Leaf Extract

In this investigation, we report the biosynthesis of the silver nanoparticles using Aloysia triphylla leaves extract. The as-prepared silver nanoparticles were characterized by ultraviolet–visible (Uv–vis) spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy The infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy techniques were also used to evaluate the chemical groups of the plant extract involved in the silver ions bioreduction. The results indicate that as the plant extract/precursor salt ratio increases, the size of the nanoparticles decreases. Also, as the reaction temperature increases, the reduction rate increased too, resulting in the formation of smaller nanoparticles-size ranges. Uv–vis spectroscopy illustrates absorption peaks in the range of wavelengths of 430–445 nm corresponding to surface plasmon resonance band of silver nanoparticles. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed the presence of silver solids with fcc structure type. The FTIR analysis showed that the bands corresponding to phenolic compounds and the amide group were involved in the synthesis and stabilization of silver nanoparticles, respectively. The Raman studies showed bands at 1380 and 1610 cm^?1, which correspond to the aromatic and amide compounds, confirming the FTIR results. The Uv–vis results indicate the capacity of silver nanoparticles to reduce the methylene blue.     

Modification of catheter materials by coating with polymer layers containing silver

The surface of polyurethane based catheter material or of silicon wafers as model surfaces were modified by spin coating of solutions of poly(ethylene oxide) or poly(vinyl alcohol) in water. For the incorporation of silver ions, silver nitrate was added to some of the solutions or the as-cast surfaces were dipped into AgNO₃ solution. Furthermore, samples coated with a thin layer of metallic silver were prepared by deposition of silver vapor in vacuum. The as-prepared surfaces were studied by atomic force microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. During the spin coating of the solutions containing AgNO₃, clusters of the silver component were formed. They were well dispersed in a poly(vinyl alcohol) matrix but act as nucleation agents in poly(ethylene oxide) where then large spherulites are formed. The surface compositions of coated samples and the depth profiling were carried out by angle dependent X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.     

Surface plasmon mapping of dumbbell-shaped gold nanorods: the effect of silver coating

We report on the identification of surface plasmons in individual gold dumbbell-shaped nanoparticles (AuDBs), as well as AuDBs coated with silver. We use spatially resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy in a scanning electron microscope, which allows us to map plasmon-energy and intensity spatial distributions. Two dominant plasmon resonances are experimentally resolved in both AuDBs and silver-coated AuDBs. The intensity of these features is peaked either at the tips or at the sides of the nanoparticles. We present boundary element method simulations in good agreement with the experiment, allowing us to elucidate the nature of such modes. While the lower-energy, tip-focused plasmon is of longitudinal character for all dumbbells under consideration, the second side-bound plasmon has a more involved symmetry, starting as a longitudinal quadrupole in homogeneous AuDBs and picking up transversal components when silver coating is added. The longitudinal dipolar mode energy is found to blue-shift upon coating with silver. We find that the substrate produces sizable shifts in the plasmons of silver-coated AuDBs. Our analysis portraits a complex plasmonic scenario in metal nanoparticles coated with silver, including a transition from the original homogeneous gold dumbbell plasmons to the modes of homogeneous silver rods. We believe that these findings can have potential application to plasmon engineering.     

Interaction of DNA bases with silver nanoparticles: assembly quantified through SPRS and SERS

Colloidal silver nanoparticles were prepared by reducing silver nitrate with sodium borohydride. The synthesized silver particles show an intense surface plasmon band in the visible region. The work reported here describes the interaction between nanoscale silver particles and various DNA bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine), which are used as molecular linkers because of their biological significance. In colloidal solutions, the color of silver nanoparticles may range from red to purple to orange to blue, depending on the degree of aggregation as well as the orientation of the individual particles within the aggregates. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and absorption spectroscopy were used to characterize the assemblies. DNA base-induced differential silver nanoparticle aggregation was quantified from the peak separation (relates to color) of surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (SPRS) and the signal intensity of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), which rationalize the extent of silver-nucleobase interactions.     

A Simple Technique for Submicron Scale Patterning of Silver Using Visible Light Interference

A novel, one step and simple methodology for the fabrication of submicron scale silver patterns is demonstrated. The photosensitivity of an organic silver salt has been utilized for this purpose of fabrication. The silver-organometallic compound is converted to metallic silver selectively in the illuminated regions. Surface morphology was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Energy dispersion spectroscopy (EDS) shows the presence of silver in the developed film. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirms the formation of metallic silver. Feature sizes of the order of 200 nm have been achieved using this technique.     

Preparation of silver nanocrystals in microemulsion by the γ-radiation method

Silver colloids of well-defined shape, size were synthesized by γ-ray irradiating silver salt in reversed microemulsions, and then pure silver dry powders were obtained. The sols were studied by absorption spectroscopy, and the silver powders were characterized by Transmission Electron Micrographs (TEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The effect of radiation dose and aging time was discussed.     

Size-controlled synthesis of monodispersed silver nanoparticles capped by long-chain alkyl carboxylates from silver carboxylate and tertiary amine

Monodispersed silver nanoparticles capped by long-chain alkyl carboxylates were prepared by the reaction of silver carboxylate with tertiary amine at 80 degrees C for 2 h. This approach is a unique, size-controlled synthetic method for the large-scale preparation of silver nanoparticles. Long-chain alkyl carboxylate derived from a precursor acts as a stabilizer to avoid the aggregation of silver nanoparticles and to control particle size. In addition, amine plays an important role both as a reagent to form a thermally unstable, amine-coordinated intermediate, bis(amine)silver(I) carboxylate, and as a mild reducing agent for the intermediate to produce nanoparticles at a low temperature. The silver core and carboxylate-capping ligand of silver nanoparticles were characterized by various techniques such as transmission electron microscopy, optical absorption spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, gas chromatograph mass spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis. The diameter of the nanoparticles can be strongly influenced by the alkyl chain length and the structure of the carboxylate. The average diameters of the silver nanoparticles were controlled to less than 5 nm in the case of silver carboxylate with a single alkyl chain length of 13 or 17 carbon atoms. On the contrary, the average diameters of silver nanoparticles became large and polydisperse in the case of silver carboxylate with a chain length of 7 carbon atoms or a branched chain. In comparing triethylamine with trioctylamine, there was no obvious effect to regulate the size distribution of the nanoparticles because they could not function as a capping ligand of the nanoparticles due to their weak coordination to silver. In addition, the heat treatment of silver nanoparticles in solution rather than in the solid state was effective for the growth of particles while maintaining narrow size distributions.     

线状和树枝状银纳米结构、形成机理及表面增强拉曼散射性质(英文)

以聚丙烯酰胺(PAM)为模板,在液相中通过不同浓度的抗坏血酸还原硝酸银能够得到缠结的线状和树枝状银纳米结构.该方法合成条件温和(常温常压)、产率高、成本低、操作简单,并且得到了特殊形貌的缠结收光在谱一对起线的状线和状树银枝纳状米银结纳构.米通结过构透的射形电貌子和显性微质镜进(T行E了M)表,扫征描.研电究子表显明微,镜PA(SMEM对)线、拉形曼产光物谱的和形紫成外起?可了见决吸定性作用.在反应初期,大量新生成的银核被PAM链吸附,小颗粒逐渐长大,进而相连,导致生成了缠结的线状银纳米结构.另外,抗坏血酸的浓度越高,越不利于线状结构的生成.利用对巯基苯胺(PATP)为探针分子研究了银纳米结构的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)活性,结果表明线状银纳米结构具有较强的表面增强拉曼散射效果.     

A thermal decomposition route for synthesis of silver ribbons

In the presence of dodecylamine, which can serve as the medium and at the same time as the stabilizing reagent, ribbons made of metallic silver were produced by thermal decomposition of silver phthalate. As the reaction mixture was heated up to 170°C, thermal reduction took place in parallel. Silver ribbon is produced if growth proceeds by regular addition of silver atoms to the edges of nuclei. However, seed-form particles will be produced if growth proceeds by irregular addition of silver atoms to the nuclei. Synthesized silver ribbons were characterized by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and UV-Vis spectroscopy. Surface morphological survey of silver particles was conducted by using SEM image, confirming the formation of agglomerated silver particles as well as silver ribbons.