Abstract
A liquid-phase method is reported for the preparation of dodecanethiol-derivatized silver nanocrystals. Toluene sols of this material maintain as sols in air at room temperature at least on the timescale of months. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are used to obtain size and structural information about the nanocrystal core while solubility properties and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) are used to identify the passivating layer. Laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectra (LDTOFMS) of this material show broad peaks in the mass range from 40 to 300 kamu. These results are consistent with the synthesized material being a dodecanethiol-derivatized silver nanocrystal material with a mean crystalline silver core of 3.1 ± 0.6 nm.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 321-325 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Materials Letters |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Nanoscale metal-organic composites
- Self-assembled monolayers
- Silver nanocrystals
- TEM
- Thiol-derivatization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering