High-Yield Seeded Growth of Monodisperse Pentatwinned Gold Nanoparticles through Thermally Induced Seed Twinning

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• 作者：Ana Sánchez-Iglesias ; Naomi Winckelmans ; Thomas Altantzis ; Sara BalsMarek Grzelczak ; Luis M. Liz-Marzán
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 11, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：139
• 期：1
• 页码：107-110
• 全文大小：412K
• ISSN：1520-5126

文摘

We show that thermal treatment of small Au seeds results in extensive twinning and a subsequent drastic improvement in the yield (>85%) of formation of pentatwinned nanoparticles (NPs), with preselected morphology (nanorods, bipyramids, and decahedra) and aspect ratio. The “quality” of the seeds thus defines the yield of the obtained NPs, which in the case of nanorods avoids the need for additives such as Ag⁺ ions. This modified seeded growth method also improves reproducibility, as the seeds can be stored for extended periods of time without compromising the quality of the final NPs. Additionally, minor modification of the seeds with Pd allows their localization within the final particles, which opens new avenues toward mechanistic studies. Together, these results represent a paradigm shift in anisotropic gold NP synthesis.