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Shape evolution of silver nanoplates through heating and photoinduction

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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Bin TangBin Tang, S Xu, X Hou, Jingliang LiJingliang Li, Lu Sun, W Xu, Xungai Wang
Shape conversions of silver nanoplates were realized by heating and subsequent light irradiation. The initial silver nanoprisms were transformed into silver nanodisks gradually in the process of heating, which was possibly achieved through dissolving and readsorption of silver atoms on the surface of silver nanoplates. Subsequently, under light irradiation, the heating induced silver nanodisks were reversed to silver nanoprisms in the same solution. The dissolved oxygen was found to play a pivotal role in the shape conversion from nanoprism to nanodisk. In addition to heating, deionized water could induce the shape conversion of silver nanoplates when it was added to precipitate of the initial silver nanoprisms after centrifugation. Citrate in solution is essential to the photoinduced shape conversion process. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and extinction spectroscopy results demonstrated that localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties of silver nanoplates were effectively tuned through shape conversion.

History

Journal

ACS applied materials and Interfaces

Volume

5

Issue

3

Pagination

646 - 653

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Location

Washington, D.C.

ISSN

1944-8244

eISSN

1944-8252

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2013, American Chemical Society