Journal
POWDER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 381, Issue -, Pages 503-508Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2020.12.010
Keywords
Au@SiO2; Core-shell structure; CTAB; Thermal treatment; Thermo Gravimetry Analysis; Transmission Electron Microscopy analysis
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- SERB-DST [UGC-DAE-CSR-KC/CRS/15/IOP/MS/01, YSS2014/0001555]
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In this study, gold nanoparticles encapsulated with SiO2 shells using CTAB surfactant were investigated for their stability at high temperatures. The Thermo Gravimetric Analysis showed about 40% weight loss during the treatment, and TEM results revealed agglomeration stages post-TGA. FTIR analysis confirmed the proposed mechanism, supported by TEM, XRD, and UV-Vis Absorption results.
The organic surfactants like CTAB have long been used in numerous methods of chemical synthesis of nanoparticles effectively, in order to avoid agglomeration and provide stability. However, these are not really stable at higher temperatures. Hence, in this work, gold nanoparticles have been encapsulated with SiO2 shells along with CTAB surfactant molecules. The thermal behaviour and the associated physicochemical changes in the Au@SiO2 core-shell structures, during the Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), have been studied using several standard characterization techniques like Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-ray Diffractometry and UV-Vis Absorption spectroscopy. About 40% weight loss has been observed during the TGA treatment. The TEM results show different stages of agglomeration after TGA, which includes expansion of SiO2 shells, out-diffusion of gold particles and their eventual agglomeration. Detailed FTIR analysis confirms the proposed mechanism, and is well complemented by TEM, XRD and UV-Vis Absorption results. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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