Preparation and characterization of silver nanoparticles using aniline

Zaheer Khan; Javed Ijaz Hussain; Athar Adil Hashmi; Shaeel Ahmed AL-Thabaiti

doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.05.001

Arabian Journal of Chemistry (May 2017)

Preparation and characterization of silver nanoparticles using aniline

Zaheer Khan,
Javed Ijaz Hussain,
Athar Adil Hashmi,
Shaeel Ahmed AL-Thabaiti

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Zaheer Khan: Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi 110 025, India
Javed Ijaz Hussain: Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi 110 025, India
Athar Adil Hashmi: Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi 110 025, India
Shaeel Ahmed AL-Thabaiti: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21413, Saudi Arabia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.05.001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. S2
pp. S1506 – S1511

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UV–Vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) have been employed to characterize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using aniline and silver nitrate as reductant and oxidant, respectively. A broad surface resonance plasmon (SRP) band appears at 400 nm, indicating that the AgNPs are spherical. The TEM images show that AgNPs aggregated in an unsymmetrical manner, leading to the formation of beautiful silver nanocrystals. Aniline adsorbed onto the surface of Ag-nanocrystals through electrostatic, van der Walls forces and hydrogen bonding. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) acted as a stabilizer and/or capping agent.

Published in Arabian Journal of Chemistry

ISSN: 1878-5352 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/arabian-journal-of-chemistry/

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