title: One-step synthesis of uniform silver nanoparticles capped by saturated decanoate: direct spray printing ink to form metallic silver films.
abstract: The one-step synthesis and spectroscopic characterizations of size-controlled silver nanoparticles are described. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermal gravimetric-mass analysis (TGA-MS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) techniques were used to characterize the decanoate-protected silver nanoparticles. TEM analysis showed that spherical nanoclusters of 7.52 +/- 0.57 nm were produced. Furthermore, the particle sizes are uniform with a narrow size distribution. For all samples, Ag 3d(5/2) and 3d(3/2) components appeared at 368.5 and 374.5 eV, respectively, in the XPS spectrum; these values compare very well with the typical values of carboxylate-protected Ag nanoparticles. A thermal analysis mass spectrometer was used to analyze the desorption behavior of decanoate-protected nanoparticles. From the desorption maximum temperatures of 181 and 263 degrees C, activation energies of 27.2 and 32.2 kcal mol(-1) for the desorption processes in the Ag MPCs were obtained, assuming a first-order reaction and using a pre-exponential factor of 1 x 10(13) s(-1). A specific resistivity of 6.097 microOmega cm for the silver metal film (0.7 microm) on a Si wafer can be produced simply by thermal annealing of an Ag monolayer-protected clusters film under an atmosphere of 90% N(2)-10% H(2) at 300 degrees C for 1 h.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. dty@faculty.nsysu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Teng-Yuan
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Wei-Ting
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ching-Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chiao-Pei
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chen-Ni
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ming-Cheng
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jenn-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: In-Gann
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tzu-Hsuan
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authors.lastname: Kao