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Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1068 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen University Town, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
Key Lab for Special Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, PR China
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hon Hum, Kow Loon, Hong Kong, PR China
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Department of Applied Physics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hon Hum, Kow Loon, Hong Kong, PR China
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Institute of Precision Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, PR China
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Article history:
Received 3 February 2010
Received in revised form 17 May 2010
Accepted 2 June 2010
Available online 11 June 2010
Keywords:
Size-controlled preparation
Ag nanoparticles
Polyol method
a b s t r a c t
In this work, size-controlled silver nanoparticles were prepared with liquid phase chemical method in
the ethylene glycol/polyvinylpyrrolidone media. Crystal structure, size, thermal properties and surface
chemistry state of the silver nanoparticles were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), thermal analysis (TA) and X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The particle size can be conveniently adjusted to 80 nm, 50 nm, 30 nm
and 10 nm by controlling the experimental parameters such as the ratio of PVP to AgNO3 , and the amount
of ammonia added as complexing agent. The as-obtained silver nanoparticles can be dispersed in water,
ethanol and other polar solvents, which has attractive applications in electrical and biological elds.
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1. Introduction
Silver nanoparticles have a wide range of applications in
many elds, such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy [1],
catalysts [2,3], anti-bacterial materials [4,5] and lubricating materials [6]. Recently, it was reported that Ag nanoparticles exhibit
promising cytoprotective activities towards HIV-infected T-cells
[7,8] and HBV [9]. Ag/polymer composite [10,11] is approach
towards high-k materials for embedded capacitor application. The
dielectric behavior of such composites is strongly dependent on
the size, shape and distribution of the lling particles [12,13].
Nanoparticles with controlled particle size are of key importance
because the optical, and magnetic properties of these nanoparticles
depend strongly on their size [14,15]. Therefore, the synthesis
of size-controlled nanoparticles is of great importance for both
fundamental research and technical applications. Especially,
nanoparticles that can be dispersed in a specic media, such as the
polar or non-polar solvents, are most desirable in order to meet
different application requirements.
Up to now, various methods have been employed to prepare Ag
nanoparticles with different size and shape, such as UV irradiation
[16], electron irradiation [17], photochemical method [18], sonoelectrochemical method [19], microwave irradiation [20], chemical
reduction [2125], atom beam sputtering [26]. However, most of
the reported methods involve more than one steps and sometimes
produce unsafe chemicals. Besides, the derived Ag nanoparticles
with the above methods are hard to be dissolved in polar solvents,
which limits their applications. For example, use Ag nanoparticles
as llers in dielectric composites with polar polymers as the matrix,
or as the anti-bacterial and antiviral agents in aqueous media.
The purpose of this study is to synthesize size-controlled Ag
nanoparticles that can be dispersed in polar solvents using a
method that is simple and environmental friendly. As one of the
liquid phase chemical methods, polyol method is simple and environmentally friendly, without need for inert gas protection. It has
been proven that the polyol method is a convenient and versatile
method for the preparation of Ag [27], Pd [28], Te [29] BiIn [30],
FePt [31], metal oxides [32,33] and chalcogenide [34] nanoparticles.
The polyol involved in the reaction can act as a solvent, stabilizer, and reducing agent which limits particles growth and prevent
agglomeration. In previous studies, our research group [30,33] has
prepared ZnO nanotubes and BiIn alloy nanoparticles in polyols.
Preparations of Ag nanoparticles in polyols have been reported
before. However, almost all the studies focused on the morphology control [27,35], while the control of particle size using the
polyol process is rarely reported. In this paper, a simple and efcient
polyol process was explored to synthesize the size-controlled Ag
nanoparticles that can be dispersed in polar solvents. The formation
mechanism of Ag nanoparticles has been investigated in details.
2. Experimental
Corresponding authors.
E-mail addresses: rong.sun@siat.ac.cn (R. Sun), aphhuang@polyu.edu.hk
(H. Huang).
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Fig. 2. TEM images of PVP capped Ag nanoparticles prepared with different mass ratios of PVP to AgNO3 , (a) 8:1, (b) 10:1, (c) 15:1, (d) 20:1, (e) 8:1 (with ammonia) and (f)
10:1 (with ammonia).
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Fig. 3. FT-IR spectra of (a) PVP and (b) PVP capped Ag nanoparticles.
Ag + CH3 CHO Ag
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Fig. 5. Molecular formula of PVP repeated unit, with carbon atom numbering and XPS spectra of PVP.
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4. Conclusion
In summary, an optimal condition for the synthesis of size controlled, well dispersed Ag nanoparticles in ethylene glycol/PVP
system has been developed by controlling the mass ratios of PVP
to AgNO3 , and by adding a certain amount of ammonia as the
complexing agent. The average particle size can be varied from
10 to 80 nm with a narrow size distribution by controlling the
amount of PVP and ammonia added. The particles size decreases
with increasing PVP concentration in a certain range and the addition of ammonia to the precursor solution can further decrease the
Ag particle size. FT-IR and XPS analysis results show that the N
atoms in PVP coordinates to the Ag core surface and form a coordination bond between a N atom and a silver at the surface of the core.
The size-controlled, well dispersed Ag nanoparticles prepared are
capable of being dispersed in water, ethanol, and other polar solvents which have potential applications in dielectric and biological
elds.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20971089, No. 50807038) and the research
funding from National S&T Major Project with the contact No.
2009ZX02038 is greatly acknowledged.
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