Seedless co-surfactant-based dimensional and optical tunability of gold nanorods with simultaneous pH regulation
Source abstract
Abstract
Intense electromagnetic fields generated by the gold nanorods (GNRs) owing to their strong plasmon resonance make them promising candidate for applications in cancer diagnostics, photothermal therapy, single-molecule detection, drug delivery, etc. Use of GNRs in these applications as plasmon resonance probes depends on the extent to which their plasmon resonance band can be tuned into NIR region. In this study, we propose a facile seedless approach to synthesize GNRs in a cetyltrimethyammonium bromide (CTAB)–benzyledimethylhexadecylammonium chloride (BDAC) co-surfactant system with simultaneous pH regulation that yields GNRs with tunable plasmon resonance in tissue transparent NIR region. The role of binary co-surfactants, pH of the growth solution, and influence of the volume of the reducing agent on GNRs growth has been studied. Under optimized conditions, the longitudinal plasmon resonance band of GNRs can be tuned from 780–1300 nm by regulating the pH of the growth solution from 2.5 to 1.3. The role of co-surfactants and pH in the regulation of dimensions and thus plasmonic properties of GNRs synthesized by single-step seedless approach has been evaluated.
Source: openaire · Quality: candidate unverified · Source record ↗
Research context
OpenAlex topics: Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications · Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications · Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
References (49)
Show source-provided references
1. Rao CNR, Kulkarni GU, Thomas PJ, Edwards PP (2000) Metal nanoparticles and their assemblies. Chem Soc Rev 29:27–3510.1039/a904518j ↗
2. Huang X, Neretina S, El-Sayed MA (2009) Gold nanorods: from synthesis and properties to biological and biomedical applications. Adv Mater 21:4880–491010.1002/adma.200802789 ↗
3. Pérez-Justea J, Pastoriza-Santosa I, Liz-Marzána LM, Mulvaney P (2005) Gold nanorods: synthesis, characterization and applications. Coord Chem Rev 249:1870–190110.1016/j.ccr.2005.01.030 ↗
4. Faraday M (1857) The Bakerian lecture: experimental relations of gold (and other metals) to light. Phil Trans R Soc Lond 147:145–18110.1098/rstl.1857.0011 ↗
5. Murphy CJ, Sau TK, Gole AM, Orendorff CJ, Gao J, Gou L, Hunyadi SE, Li TJ (2005) Anisotropic metal nanoparticles: synthesis, assembly, and optical applications. Phys Chem B 109:13857–1387010.1021/jp0516846 ↗
6. Linfeng G, Murphy CJ (2005) Fine-tuning the shape of gold nanorods. Chem Mater 17:3668–367210.1021/cm050525w ↗
7. Dykman L, Khlebtsov N (2012) Gold nanoparticles in biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives. Chem Soc Rev 41:2256–228210.1039/C1CS15166E ↗
8. Jana NR, Gearheart L, Murphy CJ (2001) Evidence for seed-mediated nucleation in the chemical reduction of gold salts to gold nanoparticles. Chem Mater 13:2313–232210.1021/cm000662n ↗
9. Scarabelli L, Sánchez-Iglesias A, Pérez-Juste J, Liz-Marzán LM (2015) A “tips and tricks” practical guide to the synthesis of gold nanorod. J Phys Chem Lett 6:4270–427910.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02123 ↗
10. Song JH, Kim F, Kim D, Yang P (2005) Crystal overgrowth on gold nanorods: tuning the shape, facet, aspect ratio, and composition of the nanorods. Chem Eur J 11:910–91610.1002/chem.200400805 ↗
11. Koeppl S, Solenthaler C, Walter C, Spolenak R (2011) Towards a reproducible synthesis of high aspect ratio gold nanorods. J Nanomater 2011:1–1310.1155/2011/515049 ↗
12. Tao AR, Habas S, Yang P (2008) Shape control of colloidal metal nanocrystals. Small 4:310–32510.1002/smll.200701295 ↗
13. Ye X, Zheng C, Chen J, Gao Y, Murray CB (2013) Using binary surfactant mixtures to simultaneously improve the dimensional tunability and monodispersity in the seeded growth of gold nanorods. Nano Lett 13:765–77110.1021/nl304478h ↗
14. John CL, Strating SL, Shephard KA, Zhao JX (2013) Reproducibly synthesize gold nanorods and maintain their stability. RSC Adv 3:10909–1091810.1039/c3ra41521j ↗
15. Kaur P, Chudasama B (2014) Study of seed aging in seed-mediated synthesis of IR responsive gold nanorods. AIP Conf Proc 1591:543–54510.1063/1.4872668 ↗
16. Koeppl S, Koch FPV, Caseri W, Spolenak R (2012) Usage of the isotope effect for the synthesis of ultrahigh aspect ratio gold nanorods. J Mater Chem 22:14594–1460110.1039/c2jm30648d ↗
17. Ali MRK, Snyder B, El-Sayed MA (2012) Synthesis and optical properties of small Au nanorods using a seedless growth technique. Langmuir 28:9807–981510.1021/la301387p ↗
18. Kim F, Song JH, Yang P (2002) Photochemical synthesis of gold nanorods. J Am Chem Soc 124:14316–1431710.1021/ja028110o ↗
19. Zweifel DA, Wei A (2005) Sulfide-arrested growth of gold nanorods. Chem Mater 17:4256–426110.1021/cm0506858 ↗
20. Zhu J, Yong KT, Roy I, Hu R, Ding H, Zhao L, Swihart MT, He GS, Cui Y, Prasad PN (2010) Additive controlled synthesis of gold nanorods (GNRs) for two-photon luminescence imaging of cancer cells. Nanotechnology 21:28510610.1088/0957-4484/21/28/285106 ↗
21. Jana NR, Gearheart L, Murphy CJ (2001) Seed-mediated growth approach for shape-controlled synthesis of spheroidal and rod-like gold nanoparticles using a surfactant template. Adv Mater 13:1389–139310.1002/1521-4095(200109)13:18<1389::AID-ADMA1389>3.0.CO;2-F ↗
22. Smith DK, Miller NR, Korgel BA (2009) Iodide in CTAB prevents gold nanorod formation. Langmuir 25:9518–952410.1021/la900757s ↗
23. Wen T, Hu Z, Liu W, Zhang H, Hou S, Hu X, Wu X (2012) Copper-ion-assisted growth of gold nanorods in seed-mediated growth: significant narrowing of size distribution via tailoring reactivity of seeds. Langmuir 28:17517–1752310.1021/la304181k ↗
24. Sau TK, Murphy CJ (2007) Role of ions in the colloidal synthesis of gold nanowires. Philos Mag 87:2143–215810.1080/14786430601110356 ↗
25. Keul HA, Moeller M, Bockstaller MR (2008) Anion effect on the shape evolution of gold nanoparticles during seed-induced growth in imidazolium-based ionic liquids. J Phys Chem C112:13483–13487
26. Vigderman L, Zubarev ER (2013) High-yield synthesis of gold nanorods with longitudinal SPR peak greater than 1200 nm using hydroquinone as a reducing agent. Chem Mater 25:1450–145710.1021/cm303661d ↗
27. Nikoobakhat B, El-Sayed MA (2003) Preparation and growth mechanism of gold nanorods (NRs) using seed—mediated growth method. Chem Mater 15:1957–196210.1021/cm020732l ↗
28. Ye XC, Jin LH, Caglayan H, Chen J, Xing GZ, Zheng C, Vicky DN, Kang YJ, Engheta N, Kagan CR, Murray CB (2012) Improved size-tunable synthesis of monodisperse gold nanorods through the use of aromatic additives. ACS Nano 6:2804–281710.1021/nn300315j ↗
29. Xu X, Zhao Y, Xue X, Huo S, Chen F, Zou G, Liang X (2014) Seedless synthesis of high aspect ratio gold nanorods with high yield. J Mater Chem 2:3528–353510.1039/c3ta13905k ↗
30. Zijlstra P, Bullen C, Chon JWM, Gu M (2006) High-temperature seedless synthesis of gold nanorods. J Phys Chem B 110:19315–1931810.1021/jp0635866 ↗
31. Zhang L, Xia K, Lu Z, Li G, Chen J, Deng Y, Li S, Zhou F, He N (2014) Efficient and facile synthesis of gold nanorods with finely tunable plasmonic peaks from visible to near-IR range. Chem Mater 26:1794–179810.1021/cm403109k ↗
32. Wang C, Wang T, Ma Z, Su Z (2005) pH-tuned synthesis of gold nanostructures from gold nanorods with different aspect ratios. Nanotechnology 16:2555–256010.1088/0957-4484/16/11/015 ↗
33. Orendorff CJ, Hankins PL, Murphy CJ (2005) pH-triggered assembly of gold nanorods. Langmuir 21:2022–202610.1021/la047595m ↗
34. Ng KC, Cheng W (2012) Fine-tuning longitudinal plasmon resonances of nanorods by thermal reshaping in aqueous media. Nanotechnology 23:10560210.1088/0957-4484/23/10/105602 ↗
35. Angelome PC, Mezerji HH, Goris B, Pastoriza-Santos I, Pérez-Juste J, Bals S, Liz-Marzán LM (2012) Seedless synthesis of single crystalline Au nanoparticles with unusual shapes and tunable LSPR in the near-IR. Chem Mater 24:1393–139910.1021/cm3004479 ↗
36. Jana NR (2005) Gram-scale synthesis of soluble, near-monodisperse gold nanorods and other anisotropic nanoparticles. Small 1:875–88210.1002/smll.200500014 ↗
37. Brioude A, Jiang XC, Pileni MP (2005) Optical properties of gold nanorods: DDA simulations supported by experiments. J Phys Chem B 109:13138–1314210.1021/jp0507288 ↗
38. Personick ML, Langille MR, Zhang J, Mirkin CA (2011) Shape control of gold nanoparticles by silver underpotential deposition. Nano Lett 11:3394–339810.1021/nl201796s ↗
39. Murphy CJ, Thompson LB, Alkilany AM, Sisco PN, Boulos SN, Sivapalan S, Yang JA, Chernak DJ, Huang J (2010) The many faces of gold nanorods. J Phys Chem Lett 1:2867–287510.1021/jz100992x ↗
40. Lohse SE, Murphy CJ (2013) The quest for shape control: a history of gold nanorod synthesis. Chem Mater 25:1250–126110.1021/cm303708p ↗
41. Park K, Drummy LF, Wadams RC, Koerner H, Nepal D, Fabris L, Vaia RA (2013) Growth mechanism of gold nanorods. Chem Mater 25:555–56310.1021/cm303659q ↗
42. Kozek KA, Kozek KM, Wu WC, Mishra SR, Tracy JB (2013) Large-scale synthesis of gold nanorods through continuous secondary growth. Chem Mater 25:4537–454410.1021/cm402277y ↗
43. Bakshi MS (2016) How surfactants control crystal growth of nanomaterials. Cryst Growth Des 16:1104–113310.1021/acs.cgd.5b01465 ↗
44. Park K, Koerner H, Vaia RA (2010) Depletion-induced shape and size selection of gold nanoparticles. Nano Lett 10:1433–143910.1021/nl100345u ↗
45. Alargova RG, Kochijashky II, Sierra ML, Zana R (1998) Fluorescence study of the aggregation behaviour of different surfactants in aqueous solutions in the presence and in the absence of gas. Langmuir 14:5412–541810.1021/la980565x ↗
46. Aswal VK, Goyal PS (2003) Role of different counterions and size of micelle in concentration dependence micellar structure of ionic surfactants. Chem Phys Lett 368:59–6510.1016/S0009-2614(02)01833-X ↗
47. Wadams RC, Fabris L, Vaia RA, Park K (2013) Time-dependent susceptibility of the growth of gold nanorods to the addition of a cosurfactant. Chem Mater 25:4772–478010.1021/cm402863h ↗
48. Bakshi MS, Singh K (2005) Synergistic interactions in the mixed micelles of cationic gemini with zwitterionic surfactants: fluorescence and Kraft temperature studies. J Colloid Interface Sci 287:288–29710.1016/j.jcis.2005.01.099 ↗
49. Wei Q, Ji J, Shen J (2008) pH controlled synthesis of high aspect-ratio gold nanorods. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 8:5708–571410.1166/jnn.2008.302 ↗