Journal
SMALL
Volume 1, Issue 7, Pages 754-760Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200500030
Keywords
gels; gold; nanoparticles; photoreduction; template synthesis
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Photochemical reduction of tetrachloroaurate (AuCl4-) ions in the highly constrained aqueous domains of a nanostructured ionogel template, formed via self-assembly of the ionic liquid 1-decyl-3-methy-limidazolium chloride (C(10)mim(+) Cl-) in water, results in the formation of anisotropic gold nanoparticles with a variety of sizes and morphologies, which include previously unattainable trigonal prismatic nanorods. Unexpectedly, small-angle X-ray scattering studies of the Au-ionogel composite reveal that the in situ formation of the nanoparticles increases the mesoscopic order of the ionogel, which results in its conversion to a near-monodomain structure. The findings demonstrate that nanostructured, ionic liquid-based gels can be used to template the formation of new nanoparticle morphologies with technologically important optical, electronic, and catalytic properties. It may also be possible to design soft templates that permit the fabrication of highly ordered nanoparticle array-hydrogel composites, thereby enabling control and tuning of the collective properties of the encapsulated nanoparticles.
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