Synthesis of gold nanoparticles in a biocompatible fluid from sputtering deposition onto castor oil
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Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis
Published on: July 10, 2021
Heberton Wender1, Luciane F de Oliveira, Adriano F Feil
1Laboratório de Filmes Finos e Fabricação de Nanoestruturas, UFRGS, Instituto de Física, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15051, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|August 26, 2010
Abstract:
The sputtering of Au targets onto castor oil generates stable spherical gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of 2.4 to 3.8 nm. The AuNP size increases with the discharge voltage and the mechanism of nucleation and growth are related to the energy of the atoms/clusters ejected from the target.
