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Surface chemical states of gold nanoparticles prepared using the solution-plasma method in a CsCl aqueous solution
摘要： In this study, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) prepared in a 5 mM CsCl aqueous solution using the solution‐plasma method are characterized via transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation (SR‐XPS). The particle diameter is measured over the process time via TEM. During the solution‐plasma process, small particles of 2.1 to 2.2‐nm diameter are generated in the CsCl aqueous solution; these particles then enlarge via Ostwald ripening over time until they reach an equilibrium size of ~13 nm after 36 days. In addition, the surface chemical states of the AuNPs are characterized at different depths via SR‐XPS. The SR‐XPS measurements obtained using incident X‐ray energy (hν) of 945.0 eV revealed that Cs─Au, Cl─Au, and Cs─Cl─Au bonds are present 1.2 nm below the surface. The measurements obtained at an incident X‐ray energy of 2515.0 eV showed that Cs─Cl─Au bonding is also present 2.5 nm below the surface, indicating that Cs and Cl strongly interact with Au. The TEM and SR‐XPS measurements revealed that 2 processes occur cyclically during the growth process via Ostwald ripening: (i) the Cs and Cl in the aqueous solution adsorb on the AuNP surface and (ii) Au atoms subsequently bond to the AuNPs surface.
关键词： solution‐plasma method,TEM,gold nanoparticles,XPS,surface chemical states
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Nanolayer Research || Nanolayer Analysis by Photoelectron Spectroscopy
摘要： Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), or photoemission spectroscopy, is one of the most important and useful techniques for investigating electronic and chemical states in solids, especially in nanolayers because of its high-energy resolution and surface sensitivity [1–5]. The physics behind PES is an application of the photoelectric effect. Through photoelectric ionization by irradiating samples with X-rays, vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) or ultraviolet (UV) light, the energies of the emitted photoelectrons are characteristic of their original electronic and chemical states. Therefore PES is one of the most sensitive and accurate techniques for measuring the energies and shapes of electronic states and molecular orbitals. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was developed by Kai Siegbahn in 1957 and is used to study the energy levels of atomic core electrons, mainly in solids. Siegbahn referred to the technique as electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), since chemical structure can be determined by analyzing the core levels with small chemical shifts depending on the chemical environment of the atom. Siegbahn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981.
关键词： PES,Kai Siegbahn,ESCA,XPS,Photoelectron spectroscopy,photoelectric effect,electronic states,nanolayers,chemical states
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46