The effect of high intensity ultrasound on the loading of Au nanoparticles into titanium dioxide

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Valentina BelovaDmitry G Shchukin

Abstract

Novel metal/semiconductor nanocomposites have been synthesized from pre-formed components by applying high intensity ultrasound irradiation. Positively and negatively charged Au nanoparticles were intercalated into mesoporous TiO(2) by sonication. The synthesized nanocomposites with implanted gold nanoparticles possess a narrow pore-size distribution around 7 nm and a large surface area of about 210 m(2)/g. The intercalation of the Au nanoparticles into the TiO(2) framework depends on the charge of the Au nanoparticles, time and amplitude of ultrasonic treatment. The experiments show that at 20 min of ultrasonic irradiation the volume fraction of the negatively charged Au nanoparticles intercalated into TiO(2) is 15%. By contrast, at the same time, 8.1% of positively charged Au nanoparticles with a diameter of about 6-7 nm enters into the TiO(2) matrix. The characterization of the samples was carried out by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared measurements and BET analysis. The structure of TiO(2) was not considerably affected by the intercalation of the Au nanoparticles. TiO(2) doped with negatively charge...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1987·Ultrasonics·K S SuslickM E Thompson
Jun 2, 2005·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science·Ryoko IsonoKunio Esumi
Oct 26, 2007·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·D GrigorievH Möhwald
Jul 26, 2008·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Valentina BelovaDmitry G Shchukin

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Apr 30, 2016·Materials Science & Engineering. C, Materials for Biological Applications·Jianbo LiChuannan Luo
Oct 6, 2011·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP·Paromita KunduN Ravishankar
Feb 22, 2011·Advanced Materials·Dmitry G ShchukinHelmuth Möhwald
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