TY  - JOUR
A1  - Liebig, Ferenc
A1  - Henning, Ricky
A1  - Sarhan, Radwan Mohamed
A1  - Prietzel, Claudia Christina
A1  - Schmitt, Clemens Nikolaus Zeno
A1  - Bargheer, Matias
A1  - Koetz, Joachim
T1  - A simple one-step procedure to synthesise gold nanostars in concentrated aqueous surfactant solutions
JF  - RSC Advances
N2  - Due to the enhanced electromagnetic field at the tips of metal nanoparticles, the spiked structure of gold nanostars (AuNSs) is promising for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Therefore, the challenge is the synthesis of well designed particles with sharp tips. The influence of different surfactants, i.e., dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (AOT), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and benzylhexadecyldimethylammonium chloride (BDAC), as well as the combination of surfactant mixtures on the formation of nanostars in the presence of Ag⁺ ions and ascorbic acid was investigated. By varying the amount of BDAC in mixed micelles the core/spike-shell morphology of the resulting AuNSs can be tuned from small cores to large ones with sharp and large spikes. The concomitant red-shift in the absorption toward the NIR region without losing the SERS enhancement enables their use for biological applications and for time-resolved spectroscopic studies of chemical reactions, which require a permanent supply with a fresh and homogeneous solution. HRTEM micrographs and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) experiments allow us to verify the mechanism of nanostar formation according to the silver underpotential deposition on the spike surface in combination with micelle adsorption.
KW  - optical-properties
KW  - nanoparticles
KW  - sers
KW  - ultrafast
KW  - size
KW  - nanotriangles
KW  - nanoflowers
KW  - wavelength
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RA02384D
SN  - 2046-2069
VL  - 9
SP  - 23633
EP  - 23641
PB  - RSC Publishing
CY  - London
ER  -