Shape transformation from silver triangular nanoprisms to nanodisks: Raman characterization and sculpturing mechanism



Document title: Shape transformation from silver triangular nanoprisms to nanodisks: Raman characterization and sculpturing mechanism
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000381197
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León. México
2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Juriquilla, Querétaro. México
3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores - León, León, Guanajuato. México
Year:
Season: Mar-Abr
Volumen: 61
Number: 2
Pages: 77-82
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract The sculpturing action of chloride ions on silver nanoplates is investigated. Recent reports show that the shape transformation from silver triangular nanoprisms to nanodisks by addition of chloride ion occurs after a threshold concentration. In this work, a chemical study of this threshold concentration is presented. There is theoretical and experimental evidence that the morphological change only depends on the chloride ion concentration and not on the Cl-/Ag molar ratio. Besides, the chloride ion etching ability is attributed to the (AgCl)° complex, which controls the morphology change through a stepwise process where a silver atom is removed from the (110) plane, and is subsequently deposited on the (111) plane (i.e. from the nanoplate vertex to the basal plane). The threshold chloride ion concentration in the shape transformation coincides with the point where Ag+ ion and (AgCl)° concentrations are the same. On the other hand, the quantitative formation of AgCl-2 avoids the stepwise process, and then the colloidal system is destabilized. Furthermore, the analysis of the Raman spectra supports the transformation mechanisms
Disciplines: Física y astronomía,
Ingeniería
Keyword: Física,
Ingeniería de materiales,
Nanoprismas triangulares,
Nanodiscos de plata,
Espectroscopía Raman
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Engineering,
Physics,
Materials engineering,
Triangular nanoprisms,
silver nanodisks,
Raman spectroscopy
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