Simple extraction-solvothermal synthesis of single-crystalline silver microplates

✍ Scribed by Ting You; Sixiu Sun; Xinyu Song; Shuling Xu

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 166 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0232-1300
• DOI: 10.1002/crat.200900332

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Single‐crystalline silver microplates, with average edge length of about 1.5 μm and thickness of 100 nm, have been synthesized by a simple extraction‐solvothermal method. Samples were characterized in detail by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), field‐emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) technologies. Extractant primary amine N1923 can also act as reducing agent. It has been found that microstructure of the silver can be controlled by the n‐octanol during the solvothermal treatment. Based on a series of experimental analysis, the possible formation mechanism of these microplates was discussed briefly. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)