Issue 37, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Synthesis of gold nanoparticles in a biocompatible fluid from sputtering deposition onto castor oil†

Heberton Wender,a   Luciane F. de Oliveira,b   Adriano F. Feil,a   Elíseo Lissner,b   Pedro Migowski,b   Mario R. Meneghetti,c   Sérgio R. Teixeira*a  and  Jairton Dupont*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratório de Filmes Finos e Fabricação de Nanoestruturas, UFRGS, Instituto de Física, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15051, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
E-mail: durao@if.ufrgs.br

b Laboratório de Catálise Molecular UFRGS, Instituto de Química, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
E-mail: jairton.dupont@ufrgs.br

c Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, UFAL, Av. Lourival de Melo Mota s/n, Maceió – AL, Brazil

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.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of gold nanoparticles in a biocompatible fluid from sputtering deposition onto castor oil

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC01353F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 May 2010
Accepted
03 Aug 2010
First published
25 Aug 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 7019-7021

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Synthesis of gold nanoparticles in a biocompatible fluid from sputtering deposition onto castor oil

H. Wender, L. F. de Oliveira, A. F. Feil, E. Lissner, P. Migowski, M. R. Meneghetti, S. R. Teixeira and J. Dupont, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7019 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01353F

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