Surfactant-free sub-2 nm ultrathin triangular gold nanoframes

Ultrathin triangular gold nanoframes were synthesized in high yield through selective gold deposition on the edges of triangular silver nanoprisms and subsequent silver etching with mild wet etchants. These ultrathin gold nanoframes are surfactant-free with tailorable ridge thickness from 1.8 to 6 n...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali, Bosman, Michel, Cao, Shao-Wen, Huang, Xiao, Cao, Xiehong, Zhang, Hua, Pramana, Stevin Snellius, Xue, Can
Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100050
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17591
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Ultrathin triangular gold nanoframes were synthesized in high yield through selective gold deposition on the edges of triangular silver nanoprisms and subsequent silver etching with mild wet etchants. These ultrathin gold nanoframes are surfactant-free with tailorable ridge thickness from 1.8 to 6 nm and exhibit adjustable and distinct surface plasmon resonance bands in the visible and near-IR region. In comparison, etching of the nanoprism template via galvanic replacement can only create frame structures with much thicker ridges, which have much lower catalytic activity for 4-nitrophenol reduction than the ultrathin gold nanoframes.