Published November 28, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Synthesis of well-defined copper nanocubes by a one-pot solution process

  • 1. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Institute of Chemistry, CAS, Beijing 100080 (China)

Description

A simple one-pot solution-phase method was developed to synthesize well-defined copper nanocubes with an edge length in the range of 100 ± 25 nm. Copper nanocubes were produced by using ascorbic acid as a reducing agent and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) as a capping agent. X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-vis spectroscopy (UV-vis), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) as well as selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) were used to characterize the resulting nanoparticles. The influence of concentration, temperature and additives on the formation of Cu nanoparticles was investigated. Some nano-polyhedra and nanospheres were also fabricated. Shape-controlled synthesis of copper nanoparticles was partially achieved

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0957-4484/17/6000/nano6_24_016.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Nanotechnology (Print) (ISSN 1361-6528 ) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Nanotechnology (Print)
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
24
Journal Page Range
p. 6000-6006
ISSN
0957-4484