Nanoparticle-based environmental sensors

L Wang, W Ma, L Xu, W Chen, Y Zhu, C Xu… - Materials Science and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Environmental monitoring requires rapid and reliable analytical tools that can perform
sample analysis with minimal sample handling. Nanoparticle (NP)-based environmental …

Role of temperature in the growth of silver nanoparticles through a synergetic reduction approach

XC Jiang, WM Chen, CY Chen, SX Xiong, AB Yu - Nanoscale Res Lett, 2011 - Springer
This study presents the role of reaction temperature in the formation and growth of silver
nanoparticles through a synergetic reduction approach using two or three reducing agents …

Role of citric acid in the formation of silver nanoplates through a synergistic reduction approach

XC Jiang, CY Chen, WM Chen, AB Yu - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
This study discusses the function of citrate ions in the synthesis of silver nanoplates through
a synergetic reduction approach in ambient conditions. It was found that the citrate ions can …

Formation of silver nanoprisms with surface plasmons at communication wavelengths

V Bastys, I Pastoriza‐Santos… - Advanced Functional …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Silver nanoprisms with strong absorption in the near‐IR have been synthesized using a
modification of the photoinduced method by illuminating preformed silver seeds under …

Copper sulfide nanosheets with shape-tunable plasmonic properties in the NIR region

R Lesyuk, E Klein, I Yaremchuk, C Klinke - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
2D copper sulfide nanocrystals are promising building blocks of plasmonic materials in the
near-infrared (NIR) spectral region. We demonstrate precise shape and size control …

Single-crystalline gold microplates: synthesis, characterization, and thermal stability

C Kan, X Zhu, G Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2006 - ACS Publications
Single-crystalline gold microplates of several 10 μm in lateral size, characterized by
hexagonal, truncated triangular, and triangular shapes with (111) planes as two basal …

Advanced materials and new applications of sepiolite and palygorskite

E Ruiz-Hitzky, P Aranda, A Álvarez, J Santarén… - Developments in Clay …, 2011 - Elsevier
Sepiolite and palygorskite are versatile clay minerals deserving many diverse applications
due to their unique textural and structural characteristics compared to layered clay minerals …

Shape‐selective synthesis of gold nanoparticles with controlled sizes, shapes, and plasmon resonances

J Zhang, H Liu, Z Wang, N Ming - Advanced Functional …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The attachment of water molecules to poly (vinylpyrrolidone)(PVP) is used in conjunction
with the region‐selective distribution of PVP and water in a water/PVP/n‐pentanol system to …

A colorimetric method for highly sensitive and accurate detection of iodide by finding the critical color in a color change process using silver triangular nanoplates

XH Yang, J Ling, J Peng, QE Cao, ZT Ding… - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
In this contribution, we demonstrated a novel colorimetric method for highly sensitive and
accurate detection of iodide using citrate-stabilized silver triangular nanoplates (silver …

Impact of photoinduced energy transfer and LSPR of Au and Ag nanoparticles on nonlinear optical response of methyl orange

J Francis, NP Purayil, S Edappadikkunnummal… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to realize effective optical limiting (OL), it is necessary to utilize materials that exhibit
distinct traits, such as a large and rapid nonlinear optical (NLO) response, high photothermal …