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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 39, Issue 2, Pages 902-908Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4nj01521e
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- IIT Mandi
- DST, New Delhi
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Composite nanowires with a gold core (Au-core) and polyaniline shell (PANI(shell)) were prepared using swollen liquid crystals (SLCs) as a soft, structure directing template. The composite nanowires were prepared by simply pouring the SLC containing AuCl3 over the SLC containing aniline. SLCs were formed by a quaternary mixture containing brine, sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) as the surfactant, 1-pentanol as the co-surfactant and cyclohexane as oil. A portion of cyclohexane was replaced by aniline to make SLCs containing aniline in the oil phase. Similarly, brine was replaced with a solution of gold chloride to make the mesophase containing Au3+ ions. Simultaneous chemical oxidation of aniline and reduction of Au3+ ions takes place upon mixing the above mentioned mesophases, leading to the formation of the nanocomposite. Small spherical nanoparticles or short nanorods that are initially formed join together to form nanowires within the PANI shell due to the confinement, typical diffusion path and also due to the strong interaction between Au and PANI. The prepared composite nanowires exhibited good surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for an organic dye. The composite also showed excellent catalytic behavior for the chemical reduction of organic dyes.
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