title: Aqueous-organic phase-transfer of highly stable gold, silver, and platinum nanoparticles and new route for fabrication of gold nanofilms at the oil/water interface and on solid supports.
abstract: A simple but effective aqueous-organic phase-transfer method for gold, silver, and platinum nanoparticles was developed on the basis of the decrease of the PVP's solubility in water with the temperature increase. The present method is superior in the transfer efficiency of highly stable nanoparticles to the common phase-transfer methods. The gold, silver, and platinum nanoparticles transferred to the 1-butanol phase dispersed well, especially silver and platinum particles almost kept the previous particle size. Electrochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles in an oil-water system was achieved by controlling the reaction temperature at 80 degrees C, which provides great conveniences for collecting metal particles at the oil/water interface and especially for fabricating dense metal nanoparticle films. A technique to fabricate gold nanofilms on solid supports was also established. The shapes and sizes of gold nanoparticles as the building blocks may be controllable through changing reaction conditions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of State Education Ministry, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
authors.forename: Xingli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Houyi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Shaoxin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Xiaokai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Caixia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yingwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Jingli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo