Synthesis and characterization of noble metal-titania core-shell nanostructures with tunable shell thickness

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Bartosz BartosewiczBartłomiej J Jankiewicz

Abstract

Core-shell nanostructures have found applications in many fields, including surface enhanced spectroscopy, catalysis and solar cells. Titania-coated noble metal nanoparticles, which combine the surface plasmon resonance properties of the core and the photoactivity of the shell, have great potential for these applications. However, the controllable synthesis of such nanostructures remains a challenge due to the high reactivity of titania precursors. Hence, a simple titania coating method that would allow better control over the shell formation is desired. A sol-gel based titania coating method, which allows control over the shell thickness, was developed and applied to the synthesis of Ag@TiO2 and Au@TiO2 with various shell thicknesses. The morphology of the synthesized structures was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Their sizes and shell thicknesses were determined using tunable resistive pulse sensing (TRPS) technique. The optical properties of the synthesized structures were characterized using UV-vis spectroscopy. Ag@TiO2 and Au@TiO2 structures with shell thickness in the range of ≈40-70 nm and 90 nm, for the Ag and Au nanostructures respectively, were prepared using a method we developed and adapted, c...Continue Reading

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
surface enhanced spectroscopy
electron
dynamic light scattering
electron microscopy
transmission electron microscopy
surface plasmon resonances
plasmon resonance

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