Formation and Growth of Atomic Scale Seeds of Au Nanoparticle in the Nanospace of an Organic Cage Molecule
Dr. Nozomi Mihara
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAyaka Machida
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYuko Takeda
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Takuya Shiga
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Ayumi Ishii
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjyuku, Tokyo, 169-8555 Japan
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Prof. Dr. Masayuki Nihei
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Nozomi Mihara
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAyaka Machida
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYuko Takeda
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Takuya Shiga
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Ayumi Ishii
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjyuku, Tokyo, 169-8555 Japan
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Prof. Dr. Masayuki Nihei
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan
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Although it is recently becoming possible to observe the nucleation of clusters with only a few metal atoms by TEM, it is challenging to control their formation and growth in a homogeneous solution system to synthesize metal nanoparticles. This work presents a new synthetic concept for metal nanoparticles utilizing an organic cage molecule which regulates both the formation and growth of seeds composing of only a few Au(0) atoms.
Abstract
Seed-mediated growth has been widely used to synthesize noble metal nanoparticles with controlled size and shape. Although it is becoming possible to directly observe the nucleation process of metal atoms at the single atom level by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), it is challenging to control the formation and growth of seeds with only a few metal atoms in homogeneous solution systems. This work reports site-selective formation and growth of atomic scale seeds of the Au nanoparticle in a nanospace of an organic cage molecule. We synthesized a cage molecule with amines and phenols, which were found to both capture and reduce Au(III) ions to spontaneously form the atomic scale seeds containing Au(0) in the nanospace. The growth reaction of the atomic scale seeds afforded Au nanoparticles with an average diameter of 2.0±0.2 nm, which is in good agreement with the inner diameter of the cage molecule.
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