Sonochemical deposition of silver nanoparticles on silica spheres

V. G. Pol, D. N. Srivastava, O. Palchik, V. Palchik, M. A. Slifkin, A. M. Weiss, A. Gedanken

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Abstract

Silver nanoparticles with an average size of ∼5 nm were deposited on the surface of preformed silica submicrospheres with the aid of power ultrasound. Ultrasound irradiation of a slurry of silica submicrospheres, silver nitrate, and ammonia in an aqueous medium for 90 min under an atmosphere of argon to hydrogen (95:5) yielded a silver-silica nanocomposite. By controlling the atmospheric and reaction conditions, we could achieve the deposition of metallic silver on the surface of the silica spheres. The resulting silver-deposited silica submicrosphere samples were characterized with X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy, photoacoustic spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared, UV-visible, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3352-3357
Number of pages6
JournalLangmuir
Volume18
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Apr 2002

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