Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11030701
Keywords
Ag nanoparticle; localized surface plasmon resonance; color; red-shift; blue-shift
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- Research Center for Biomedical Engineering
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The color and optical properties of silver nanoparticles are influenced by gases and chemical substances in the environment, resulting in changes in color and spectrum. In different environments, silver nanoparticles exhibit different color changes, such as darkening from blue and transition from maroon to reddish.
Fresh Ag nanoparticles (NPs) dispersed on a transparent SiO2 exhibit an intense optical extinction band originating in localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in the visible range. The intensity of the LSPR band weakened when the Ag NPs was stored in ambient air for two weeks. The rate of the weakening and the LSPR wavelength shift, corresponding to visual chromatic changes, strongly depended on the environment in which Ag NPs were set. The origin of a chromatic change was discussed along with both compositional and morphological changes. In one case, bluish coloring followed by a prompt discoloring was observed for Ag NPs placed near the ventilation fan in our laboratory, resulted from adsorption of large amounts of S and Cl on Ag NP surfaces as well as particle coarsening. Such color changes deduce the presence of significant amounts of S and Cl in the environment. In another case, a remarkable blue-shift of the LSPR band was observed for the Ag NPs stored in the desiccator made of stainless steel, originated in the formation of CN and/or HCN compounds and surface roughening. Their color changed from maroon to reddish, suggesting that such molecules were present inside the desiccator.
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