Facile Synthesis of Ag Nanocubes of 30 to 70 nm in Edge Length with CF3COOAg as a Precursor |
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Authors: | Qiang Zhang Weiyang Li Long‐Ping Wen Prof Jingyi Chen Dr Younan Xia Prof |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (USA);2. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027 (P. R. China) |
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Abstract: | This paper describes a new protocol to synthesize Ag nanocubes of 30 to 70 nm in edge length with the use of CF3COOAg as a precursor to elemental silver. By adding a trace amount of NaSH and HCl to the polyol synthesis, Ag nanocubes were obtained with good quality, high reproducibility, and on a scale up to 0.19 g per batch for the 70 nm Ag nanocubes. The Ag nanocubes were found to grow in size at a controllable pace over the course of synthesis. The linear relationship between the edge length of the Ag nanocubes and the position of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peak provides a simple method for finely tuning and controlling the size of the Ag nanocubes by monitoring the UV/Vis spectra of the reaction at different times. |
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Keywords: | nanocubes nanostructures nanotechnology silver size control |
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