A review on radiation-induced nucleation and growth of colloidal metallic nanoparticles

This review presents an introduction to the synthesis of metallic nanoparticles by radiation-induced method, especially gamma irradiation. This method offers some benefits over the conventional methods because it provides fully reduced and highly pure nanoparticles free from by-products or chemical...

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Published inNanoscale research letters Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 474
Main Authors Abedini, Alam, Daud, Abdul Razak, Abdul Hamid, Muhammad Azmi, Kamil Othman, Norinsan, Saion, Elias
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer New York 13.11.2013
Springer Nature B.V
Springer
Subjects
Chemistry and Materials Science
Materials Science
Molecular Medicine
Nano Review
Nanochemistry
Nanoscale Science and Technology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Nucleation
Redox potential
Metallic nanoparticles
Growth
Radiation-induced method
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Summary:This review presents an introduction to the synthesis of metallic nanoparticles by radiation-induced method, especially gamma irradiation. This method offers some benefits over the conventional methods because it provides fully reduced and highly pure nanoparticles free from by-products or chemical reducing agents, and is capable of controlling the particle size and structure. The nucleation and growth mechanism of metallic nanoparticles are also discussed. The competition between nucleation and growth process in the formation of nanoparticles can determine the size of nanoparticles which is influenced by certain parameters such as the choice of solvents and stabilizer, the precursor to stabilizer ratio, pH during synthesis, and absorbed dose.
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ISSN:1931-7573
1556-276X
1556-276X
DOI:10.1186/1556-276X-8-474