Structural characteristics of chemically synthesized Au nanoparticles

Metal nanoparticles exhibit unusual chemical and physical properties different from those of the bulk metals, and have a number of fascinat- ing potential applications in heterogeneous catalyst as well as microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. In the present work, a chemical reduction method is...

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Autores: R. Esparza, G. Rosas, M. López-Fuentes, U. Pal, R. Pérez
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Repositorio:Redalyc-UMSNH
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57028299013
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57028299013
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
ulation
molecular sim
Gold nanoparticles
structural determination
chemical reduction synthesis
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Sumario:Metal nanoparticles exhibit unusual chemical and physical properties different from those of the bulk metals, and have a number of fascinat- ing potential applications in heterogeneous catalyst as well as microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. In the present work, a chemical reduction method is used to produce nanometric gold particles. Depending of the concentration of the reducing agent, nanoparticles of different sizes and consequently different atomic structural configurations are obtained. The main structures obtained are fcc-like and deca- hedral morphologies with fivefold symmetry axes. Using quantum mechanic approximation, the electrophilic fields and the corresponding HOMO-LUMO distributions were calculated.