The role of adsorption species in the formation of Ag nanostructures by a microwave-polyol route

• Main Authors: Tsuji, Masaharu, Matsumoto, Kisei, Jiang, Peng, Matsuo, Ryoichi, Hikino, Sachie, Tang, Xin-Ling, Kamarudin, Khairul Sozana Nor
• Format: Article
• Published: Chemical Society of Japan/Nippon Kagakukai 2008
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12783/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.81.393

The role of adsorption species in reaction solutions has been studied in microwave-polyol synthesis of silver (Ag) nanostructures. When Ag+ ions from AgNO3 were reduced in ethylene glycol by the addition of H2[PtCl6] and poly-(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), a mixture of one-dimensional (1-D) nanorods and...