Sunlight-Driving Formation and Characterization of Size-Controlled Gold Nanoparticles
2007 ◽
Vol 7
(2)
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pp. 708-711
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Keyword(s):
X Ray
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Exposing a sodium citrate-HAuCl4 aqueous solution to sunlight results in the formation of size-controlled, citrate-capped gold nanoparticles. The gold nanoparticles were characterized by UV-visible, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microcopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopic methods. It provides a general methodologyfor the economic, convenient, mild preparation of citrate-capped noble metal nanoparticles.