Novel synthetic route for growth of gold nanorods via semiconductor procedure

Noha Ragab Elhalawany; Brian Enders; Ersin Bahceci; Munir Nayfeh

doi:10.18282/mpc.v1i2.573

Noha Ragab Elhalawany 1 Polymers and pigments dept., National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Brian Enders 2 Physics dept., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
Ersin Bahceci 3 Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Iskenderun Teknik University, Turkey
Munir Nayfeh 2 Physics dept., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/mpc.v1i2.573

Keywords: infinitesimal silicon nanoparticles, gold nanorods, directional growth agent

Abstract

We represent here a novel facile synthesis type route based on semiconductor procedure for growth of gold nanorods GNRs using infinitesimal silicon nanoparticles USSiN. The reaction takes place immediately upon mixing monodispersed hydrogen terminated USSiN of 2.9 nm diameter with auric acid HAuCl4 in presence and in absence of an emulsifier. The resulting colloids have been characterized via scanning electron microscope SEM, Energy dispersive spectrometry EDS and optical microscope OM. Photo-luminesence (PL) measurements have been also carried out. Our results show formation of gold nanorods GNRs, gold nanoplates GNPs, gold nanospheres GNSs and filaments. The formed GNRs have near uniform length of 1.5 µm and diameter of 300 nm (5 aspect ratio). The results are consistent with a seedless process in which the H-terminated silicon nanoparticles act as either the reducing as well as the directional growth agent, eliminating the need for toxic cetyl-trimethyl-ammonium bromide CTAB or, which is typically used as the directional growth agent.

Author Biography

Noha Ragab Elhalawany, 1 Polymers and pigments dept., National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

I am a Prof. Dr. in polymer science and technology. My specialization is in synthesis and characterization of smart polymeric materials for different applications. I became interested in the synthesis of smart polymeric materials especially conductive polymers and polymer nanocomposites using different polymerization techniques. A smart material is capable of recognizing appropriate environmental stimuli, processing the information arising from the stimuli, and responding to it in an appropriate manner and time frame.
At the moment, I have four applications to which I am applying my synthetic skills, first: new polymeric materials for drug delivery systems, second: new interesting smart materials for bioimaging to underground imaging of oil or water reservoirs, third: higly conductive polymer nanocomposites and fourth: ferroelectric materials such as Lead Zirconium Titanate (PZT) and their polymer composites for microelectronics applications.

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