Published June 27, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

A microwave-assisted polyol method for the deposition of silver nanoparticles on silica spheres

  • 1. Department of Chemistry and Kanbar Laboratory for Nanomaterials at the Bar-Ilan University Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900 (Israel)

Description

This paper describes a new method for coating ceramic bodies with silver nanoparticles. Microwave dielectric heating was used for this purpose. Silver nanoparticles with an average size of ∼20 nm were coated on the silica surface by first opening the siloxane bonds into silanols. In the second stage, the metallic nanoparticles were deposited using a polyol reaction. A plausible mechanism for the role of the microwaves in the silver deposition on the silica spheres is proposed

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0957-4484/18/25/255601;
PII
S0957-4484(07)45157-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nanotechnology (Print)
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
25
Journal Page Range
p. 255601
ISSN
0957-4484

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38088882
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
CERAMICS; DEPOSITION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; HEATING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLES; SILICA; SILVER; SPHERES; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; MATERIALS; METALS; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; RADIATIONS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS