title: Rapid preparation and characterization of uniform, large, spherical Ag particles through a simple wet-chemical route.
abstract: In this article we report the rapid preparation of uniform, large, spherical Ag particles through a simple wet-chemical route. The formation of Ag particles with about 750 nm in diameter occurs in a single process, carried out by direct mix of AgNO3 aqueous solution and ortho-phenylenediamine N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solution at room temperature, producing a relatively low-polydispersity product. It is also found that raising the temperature results in larger particles. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectra have been used to characterize the resulting product.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin 130022, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xuping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Shaojun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Erkang
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D010316:Particle Size; D010655:Phenylenediamines / Q000737:chemistry; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000737:chemistry; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D012835:Silver Nitrate / Q000737:chemistry; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D017155:Wettability; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D010655:Phenylenediamines; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D012834:Silver; C034193:1,2-diaminobenzene; D012835:Silver Nitrate; C038678:N-methylpyrrolidone