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Li Dong1, Bin Liu1, Shinya Maenosono2
1Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Physico-Inorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Au@Ag@SiO2 core-shell-shell nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by a facile one-pot synthetic technique. The Au@Ag core size and SiO2 shell thicknesses are readily controlled by adjusting the precursor concentration. The multilayered NPs with dielectric SiO2 outer shells and bimetallic Au@Ag cores exhibited both the chemical stability of Au with the high scattering efficiency of Ag. Furthermore, the SiO2 shell is beneficial to the metal-enhanced fluorescence for biomedical applications. Metal-enhanced fluorescence, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, and photocatalytic activities of silica-coated Au@Ag, Ag, Au, and Au/Ag core-shell NPs were compared and discussed. The size and structure of Au@Ag@SiO2 core-shell-shell NPs were optimized to maximize their optical and catalytic activities.
