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Synthesis of gold colloids by laser ablation in thiol-alkane solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2004

Giuseppe Compagnini ,
A. Alessandro Scalisi ,
Orazio Puglisi  and
Corrado Spinella
Giuseppe Compagnini*
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Catania University, 6 Catania 95125, Italy
A. Alessandro Scalisi
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Catania University, 6 Catania 95125, Italy
Orazio Puglisi
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Catania University, 6 Catania 95125, Italy
Corrado Spinella
Affiliation:
IMM-CNR, 95100 Catania, Italy
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author.e-mail: gcompagnini@unict.it
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Abstract

In this paper, we present a study on the formation of gold colloids by laser ablation of a gold metal target in alkanes and thiol-alkane solutions. The results show a decrease of the gold particles’ size up to 2 nm when thiol molecules are present in the liquid environment. The observation of a blue-shift of the surface plasmon resonance is discussed together with transmission electron microscopy analyses accounting the cluster size decrease and the stabilization of the obtained suspensions.

Keywords

AblationNanoparticlesColloidal
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Rapid Communications
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 19 , Issue 10 , October 2004 , pp. 2795 - 2798
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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