Real-time monitoring of oxidative etching on single Ag nanocubes via light-scattering dark-field microscopy imaging
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Yi Wang1, Hong Yan Zou, Cheng Zhi Huang
1Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China. chengzhi@swu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A low-cost and easily-conducted light-scattering dark-field microscopy imaging (iDFM) technique for real-time and in situ monitoring of the oxidative etching on a single Ag nanocube was presented by using an ordinary dark-field microscopy system, which provides an alternative approach to study the behaviors of metal nanoparticles in chemical reactions and biological processes at the single nanoparticle level.
