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Defining the Structural Parameters of Triazole Ligands in the Templated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles

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posted on 2016-10-31, 11:37 authored by H. A. Kashmery, A. W. Clark, R. Dondi, A. J. Fallows, Paul M. Cullis, G. A. Burley
This manuscript describes a one-pot method for the synthesis of size- and shape-selected silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using Tollens' reagent [Ag(NH3)2OH] as the silver source. Sugar triazole ligands facilitate the formation of monodisperse AgNPs in which the size and shape can be controlled according to the reaction conditions. Increasing the size of the ligand reduces size tunability but enhances colloidal stability in high-salt buffers. A key conclusion from this study is that the AgI-binding affinity of these triazole ligands determines their capacity to tune the size of the resultant AgNPs formed. Weaker AgI-binding ligands can be used to form monodisperse, angular AgNPs over a wider range of sizes [(12 ± 3) to (33 ± 7) nm], whereas triazole ligands that exhibit a higher AgI-binding affinity produce monodisperse, spherical AgNPs of a single size [(18 ± 5) nm].

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Citation

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014 (28), pp. 4886-4895 (10)

Author affiliation

/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/Department of Chemistry

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

Published in

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag for ChemPubSoc Europe

issn

1434-1948

eissn

1099-0682

Copyright date

2014

Available date

2016-10-31

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.201402593/abstract

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Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201402593.

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en