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Rapid and efficient synthesis of colloidal gold nanoparticles by arc discharge method

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We report a simple, inexpensive and one-step synthesis route of colloidal gold nanoparticles using arc discharge between titanium electrodes in HAuCl4 solution achieving long-time stability. Gold nanoparticles of 8 nm diameter were formed during reduction of HAuCl4 in the plasma discharge zone. The resulting nanoparticles were characterized using UV–Vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Optical absorption spectroscopy of as prepared samples at 15 A arc current in HAuCl4 solution shows a surface plasmon resonance around 550 nm. It was found that sodium citrate acts as a stabilizer and surface capping agent of the colloidal nanoparticles. SEM images exhibit the increase of reduced nanoparticles in 4 minutes arc duration compared with 1 minute arc duration. A TEM image of the sample prepared at 4 minutes arc duration shows a narrow size distribution with 8 nm mean particle size. The plasmonic peak intensity of as prepared gold nanoparticles in 1 minute arc duration gradually increases due to seed mediation up to 6 hours.

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  1. Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (INST), Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., P.O. Box 11155-8639, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Akbar Ashkarran, Azam Iraji zad, Seyed Mohammad Mahdavi, Mohammad Mahdi Ahadian & Mohammad Reza Hormozi Nezhad

  2. Physics Department, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., P.O. Box 11155-8639, Tehran, Iran

    Azam Iraji zad & Seyed Mohammad Mahdavi

  3. Chemistry Department, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., P.O. Box 11155-8639, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Reza Hormozi Nezhad

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Ashkarran, A.A., Iraji zad, A., Mahdavi, S.M. et al. Rapid and efficient synthesis of colloidal gold nanoparticles by arc discharge method. Appl. Phys. A 96, 423–428 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5288-x

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