Journal
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
Volume 1, Issue 6, Pages 2869-2876Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.8b00505
Keywords
nonthermal plasma; titanium nitride; nanocrystals; near-infrared; plasmonic; photothermal therapy
Funding
- Army Office of Research under MUM [W911NF-12-1-0407]
- MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation [DMR-1420013]
- NSF through the UMN MRSEC program [DMR-1420013]
- NSF through the NNIN program
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Titanium nitride has attracted attention for its plasmonic properties as a thermally stable, biocompatible, and cost-effective alternative to gold. In this work, we synthesized titanium nitride nanocrystals in a nonthermal plasma using tetrakis (dimethylamino) titanium (TDMAT) and ammonia as the titanium and nitrogen precursors. Extinction measurements of as-produced 6-8 nm titanium nitride nanocrystals exhibit a broad plasmon resonance peaking near 800 nm, possibly suitable for photothermal therapy treatments. Ammonia flow rate and plasma power were found to affect nanocrystal morphology and chemical composition, and therefore significantly impact the plasmonic properties. A moderate ammonia flow rate of 1.2 sccm and relatively high nominal plasma power of 100 W produced samples with the best plasmon resonances, narrower than those previously reported for plasma-synthesized titanium nitride nanocrystals.
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