Title: Effect of the seed particles and reductants on the formation of nanosized gold colloid

Authors: Nguyen Thi Nhat Hang; Ngo Thi Tuong Vy; Nguyen Canh Minh Thang; Nguyen Thi Phuong Phong

Addresses: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Thu Dau Mot University, No. 6 Tran Van On Street, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Science, Viet Nam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, No. 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ' Faculty of Chemistry, University of Science, Viet Nam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, No. 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ' Faculty of Chemistry, University of Science, Viet Nam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, No. 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ' Faculty of Chemistry, University of Science, Viet Nam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, No. 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Abstract: In this study, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with different sizes and shapes were synthesised by seed-mediated method. The nano-seeds were synthesised by the Turkevich method and presented an average diameter of 17.6 nm. Different reducing agents such as hydroquinone (HQ), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and protecting agents such as citric acid (CA), trisodium citrate (TSC) were used in the growth solution with different volumes of seeds solution. The morphology and size of the synthesised GNPs were characterised by UV-Vis spectrophotometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scan electron microscopy (SEM). We obtained colloidal GNPs with diameters ranging from 32.1 nm to 509.2 nm.

Keywords: gold nanoparticles; GNPs; trisodium citrate; TSC; citric acid; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; EDTA; size; shape.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2018.089564

International Journal of Nanotechnology, 2018 Vol.15 No.1/2/3, pp.135 - 144

Published online: 30 Jan 2018 *

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