Silver nanoparticles capped by oleylamine: formation, growth, and self-organization.
Nearly monodisperse silver nanoparticles have been prepared in a simple oleylamine-liquid paraffin system. Intensive study has found that the formation process of silver nanoparticles could be divided into three stages: growth, incubation, and Ostwald ripening stages. Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high-resolution TEM have all demonstrated the occurrence of Ostwald ripening, which could result in better control over the size and size distribution of silver nanoparticles. SAXS (small-angle X-ray scattering) results show that the as-obtained silver nanoparticles can self-assemble into ordered arrays. The possible reduction mechanism of silver ions by oleylamine is related to the Ag+-mediated conversion of primary amines to nitriles.
Chen
Meng
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Department of Chemistry and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China. chenmeng@fudan.edu.cn
Feng
Yong-Gang
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Wang
Xia
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Li
Ting-Cheng
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Zhang
Jun-Yan
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Qian
Dong-Jin
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