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- Title
Dendrimer-mediated hydrothermal synthesis of ultrathin gold nanowires.
- Authors
Hui Liu; Xiaoming Cao; Jianmao Yang; Xue-Qing Gong; Xiangyang Shi
- Abstract
We report the use of poly(amidoamine) dendrimers as stabilizers to synthesize ultrathin Au nanowires (NWs) with a diameter of 1.3 nm via a hydrothermal approach. The formation of uniform Au NWs was optimized by varying the Au/Ag salt molar ratio, dendrimer stabilizers, and reaction solvent, temperature, and time. A novel growth mechanism involving a synergic facet-dependent deposition/reduction of Ag(I) and oriented migration of Au atoms is proposed based on density functional theory calculations and the experimental results. This work can significantly expand the scope of dendrimers as stabilizers to generate metal NWs in aqueous solution that may be further functionalized for different applications.
- Subjects
DENDRIMERS; GOLD nanoparticles; HYDROTHERMAL alteration; NANOWIRES; CHEMICAL synthesis; DENSITY functional theory; AQUEOUS solutions
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2013, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep03181