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Study of polyol synthesis reaction parameters controlling high yield of silver nanocubes

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The influence of the parameters and conditions of sodium sulfide-induced reaction of polyol synthesis of silver nanoparticles on the yield of cube-shaped particles and the optical properties of colloids is studied. The protocol proposed by Skrabalak et al. for the synthesis of nanocubes in small volumes (Nature Protocols, 2007, vol. 2, p. 2182) is taken as an initial variant for optimization. The effects of the reagent concentrations, degree of ethylene glycol oxygenation, the presence of impurities, reaction time, and temperature are studied. Suspensions containing nanoparticles with different shapes and sizes, including polydisperse particles of irregular shapes, silver nanocubes with a yield of 0 to 97%, nanoprisms, and nanorods, can be produced by varying the synthesis parameters. The key parameters controlling the yield of nanocubes are the degree of ethylene glycol oxygenation and the presence of trace amounts of ions of other metals (not silver). It is established that variations in the reaction time make it possible to vary the sizes of nanocubes in the range of 30–60 nm. Suspensions with high contents of cube-shaped particles are shown to exhibit three maxima in the plasmon extinction resonance spectrum at wavelengths of 350, 390, and, depending on the particle size, 435–470 nm.

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  1. Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Entuziastov 13, Saratov, 410049, Russia

    E. V. Panfilova, B. N. Khlebtsov, A. M. Burov & N. G. Khlebtsov

  2. Saratov State University, ul. Astrakhanskaya 83, Saratov, 410026, Russia

    B. N. Khlebtsov & N. G. Khlebtsov

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Original Russian Text © E.V. Panfilova, B.N. Khlebtsov, A.M. Burov, N.G. Khlebtsov, 2012, published in Kolloidnyi Zhurnal, 2012, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 104–114.

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Panfilova, E.V., Khlebtsov, B.N., Burov, A.M. et al. Study of polyol synthesis reaction parameters controlling high yield of silver nanocubes. Colloid J 74, 99–109 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061933X11060147

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