Porous gold nanobelts templated by metal - Surfactant complex nanobelts

  • Lianshan Li
  • , Zhijian Wang
  • , Teng Huang
  • , Jinglin Xie
  • , Limin Qi*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Unique, porous gold nanobelts consisting of self-organized nanoparticleswere synthesized in a high yield bymorphologypreserved transformation from metal-surfactant complex precursor nanobelts formed by a bolaform surfactant dodecane- 1,12-bis(trimethylammonium bromide) (N-C 12-NBr 2) and HAuCl 4. It was revealed that the precursor nanobelts of the stoichiometric N-C 12-N(AuCl 4) 2 complex formed through electrostatic combination of the positively charged quaternary ammonium headgroups of N-Cn-NBr 2 and the negatively charged AuCl 4 - ions. They were subsequently converted into porous gold nanobeltswith shrunken sizes upon reduction by NaBH 4. The morphology of the produced gold nanostructures could be adjusted by changing the mixing ratio between N-C 12-NBr 2 andHAuCl 4 in the reaction solution. It was found that the obtained porous Au nanobelts exhibited enhanced catalytic activity toward reduction of 4-nitrophenol compared with solid gold nanobelts, probably owing to their larger surface area and more active sites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12330-12335
Number of pages6
JournalLangmuir
Volume26
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

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