Issue 34, 2013
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RSC Advances

Caffeine assisted one-step synthesis of flower-like gold nanochains and their catalytic behaviors†

Ai-Jun Wang,a   Su-Fang Qin,a   Dan-Ling Zhou,a   Lin-Yi Cai,a   Jian-Rong Chena  and  Jiu-Ju Feng*a  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Chemistry and Life Science, College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
E-mail: jjfeng@zjnu.cn

Abstract

In this report, flower-like Au nanochains were facilely prepared by a one-step synthesis with the assistance of caffeine as a structure directing and weak stabilizing agent. It was found that the reaction temperature and the ratio of [caffeine]/[HAuCl4] were the key factors during the synthesis process, and their growth mechanism was discussed in some detail. The as-prepared Au superstructures displayed an excellent catalytic ability towards the reduction of p-nitrophenol, which showed potential applications in the construction of optical and catalytic devices.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA41875H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Apr 2013
Accepted
13 Jun 2013
First published
14 Jun 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 14766-14773

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Caffeine assisted one-step synthesis of flower-like gold nanochains and their catalytic behaviors

A. Wang, S. Qin, D. Zhou, L. Cai, J. Chen and J. Feng, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 14766 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA41875H

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