Controllable Synthesis of Stable Urchin-like Gold Nanoparticles Using Hydroquinone to Tune the Reactivity of Gold Chloride

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Abstract

We reported an aqueous synthesis of urchin-like gold nanoparticles (NPs) in the presence of hydroquinone through a seed-mediated growth approach. By altering the feed ratio of hydroquinone, seeds, and additional HAuCl4, the diameters of urchin-like NPs were tunable from 55 to 200 nm. Accordingly, the centers of surface plasmon resonance absorption shifted from 555 to 702 nm. Systematical analysis revealed that the generation of urchin-like particles as well as their size evolution strongly depended on the reactivity of gold ions, mainly controlled by the concentration of hydroquinone. At low hydroquinone concentration, only spherical particles were achieved. The increase of the hydroquinone concentration promoted a kinetics-favored deposition of gold atoms on the (111) lattice planes and thereby the growth of branches. Moreover, the as-prepared urchin-like particles possessed good structural stability, which could be kept in the growth solution for more than 10 days without morphology variation.

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