Exploring the Bottom-Up Growth of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles from Substrate-Bound Seeds in Microfluidic Reactors

We developed an unconventional seed-mediated in situ synthetic method, whereby gold nanostars are formed directly on the internal walls of microfluidic reactors. The dense plasmonic substrate coatings were grown in microfluidic channels with different geometries to elucidate the impacts of flow rate...

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Autores: Vinnacombe-Willson, Gail A., Lee, Joy K., Chiang, Naihao, Scarabelli, Leonardo, Yue, Shouzheng, Foley, Ruth, Frost, Isaura, Weiss, Paul S., Jonas, Steven J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/308821
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/308821
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85152200409
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gold nanostars
Microfluidic devices
Plasmonic nanoparticles
Seed-mediated growth
Substrate growth
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Thermoplasmonics
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Sumario:We developed an unconventional seed-mediated in situ synthetic method, whereby gold nanostars are formed directly on the internal walls of microfluidic reactors. The dense plasmonic substrate coatings were grown in microfluidic channels with different geometries to elucidate the impacts of flow rate and profile on reagent consumption, product morphology, and density. Nanostar growth was found to occur in the flow-limited regime and our results highlight the possibility of creating shape gradients or incorporating multiple morphologies in the same microreactor, which is challenging to achieve with traditional self-assembly. The plasmonic-microfluidic platforms developed herein have implications for a broad range of applications, including cell culture/sorting, catalysis, sensing, and drug/gene delivery.