Sputter deposition onto ionic liquids: Simple and clean synthesis of highly dispersed ultrafine metal nanoparticles
- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603 (Japan)
Sputter deposition of gold (Au) onto ionic liquids (ILs) resulted in the formation of highly dispersed Au nanoparticles without additional chemical species, such as reducing and/or stabilizing agents. The Au nanoparticles in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate had an average diameter (d{sub av}) of 5.5 nm with a standard deviation ({sigma}) of 0.86 nm, while sputter deposition onto N,N,N-trimethyl-N-propylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide resulted in the formation of much smaller Au nanoparticles with d{sub av} of 1.9 nm and {sigma} of 0.46 nm. Prolongation of sputtering time results in a higher concentration of Au nanoparticles in ILs, but did not cause a remarkable change in their size.
- OSTI ID:
- 20880175
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89, Issue 24; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2404975; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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