Surfactantless synthesis of silver nanoplates and their application in SERS.
Silver nanoplates with thicknesses of 50-70 nm and edge lengths ranging from 200 nm to 1 mm are grown on semiconductor waters at room temperature through a simple galvanic reaction between an aqueous solution of silver nitrate and n-type GaAs. The as-grown silver structures have chemically clean surfaces because no surfactant or coordinating molecules are involved in the synthesis. Electron microscopy characterization indicates that each silver plate has rough surfaces and a half-moon morphology with one straight edge and on arclike edge. Systematic studies on varying reaction conditions reveal that the oxide (i.e., Ga{sub 2}O{sub 3} and As{sub 2}O{sub 3}) layers of GaAs, generated in situ in the reactions, play an important role in assisting the growth of anisotropic nanoplates. The cleanliness of the surfaces of the silver nanoplates is beneficial to attachment of interesting molecules on their surfaces for various applications, such as plasmonic-enhanced photophysical and photochemical processes and surface-enhanced spectroscopies.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 925737
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CNM/JA-59987; TRN: US200810%%34
- Journal Information:
- Small, Vol. 3, Issue 11 ; Nov. 2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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