Single-Crystalline Gold Microplates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermal Stability
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Abstract
Single-crystalline gold microplates of several 10 microm in lateral size, characterized by hexagonal, truncated triangular, and triangular shapes with (111) planes as two basal surfaces, have been synthesized in large quantities through a solution phase process. Significantly, such anisotropic Au nanostructures exhibit remarkable optical properties, in which the dipole plasmon resonance shifting in the NIR region and the quadrupole plasmon resonance at approximately 820 nm were observed. Fragmentation of Au microplates is found when the temperature is higher than 450 degrees C, indicating they are not thermodynamically stable structure at high temperature. Investigations on the Au microplates upon heating suggest that the melting and collapsing start mainly at the edges that should be Au (110) facets. This work is valuable for Au nanostructures applied at elevated temperatures.
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