Au329–xAgx(SR)84 Nanomolecules: Plasmonic Alloy Faradaurate-329
- Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (United States). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
Though significant progress has been made to improve the monodispersity of larger (>10 nm) alloy metal nanoparticles, there still exists a significant variation in nanoparticle composition, ranging from ±1000s of atoms. Here in this paper, for the first time, we report the synthesis of atomically precise (±0 metal atom variation) Au329–xAgx(SCH2CH2Ph)84 alloy nanomolecules. The composition was determined using high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. In contrast to larger (>10 nm) Au–Ag nanoparticles, the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak does not show a major shift, but a minor ~10 nm red-shift, upon increasing silver content. The intensity of the SPR peak also varies in an intriguing manner, where a dampening is observed with medium silver incorporation, and a significant sharpening is observed upon higher Ag content. The report outlines (a) an unprecedented advance in nanoparticle mass spectrometry of high mass at atomic precision; and (b) the unexpected optical behavior of Au–Ag alloys in the region where nascent SPR emerges; specifically, in this work, the SPR-like peak does not show a major ~100 nm blue-shift with Ag alloying of Au329 nanomolecules, as shown to be common in larger nanoparticles.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1356950
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 6, Issue 16; ISSN 1948-7185
- Publisher:
- American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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