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Nano Research 2023, 16(4): 5873-5879 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-4040-5
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Engineering surface strain for site-selective island growth of Au on anisotropic Au nanostructures

Show Author's Information Fan Yang1,  Ji Feng1,  Jinxing Chen1,†,  Zuyang Ye1,  Jihua Chen2,  Dale K. Hensley2,  Yadong Yin1( )
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6494, USA
Present addtess: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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plasmonic, seed-mediated growth, Au nanorods, island growth, site-selective
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Yang F, Feng J, Chen J, et al. Engineering surface strain for site-selective island growth of Au on anisotropic Au nanostructures. Nano Research, 2023, 16(4): 5873-5879. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-4040-5
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Controlled growth of islands on plasmonic metal nanoparticles represents a novel strategy in creating unique morphologies that are difficult to achieve by conventional colloidal synthesis processes, where the nanoparticle morphologies are typically determined by the preferential development of certain crystal facets. This work exploits an effective surface-engineering strategy for site-selective island growth of Au on anisotropic Au nanostructures. Selective ligand modification is first employed to direct the site-selective deposition of a thin transition layer of a secondary metal, e.g., Pd, which has a considerable lattice mismatch with Au. The selective deposition of Pd on the original seeds produces a high contrast in the surface strain that guides the subsequent site-selective growth of Au islands. This strategy proves effective in not only inducing the island growth of Au on Au nanostructures but also manipulating the location of grown islands. By taking advantage of the iodide-assisted oxidative ripening process and the surface strain profile on Au nanostructures, we further demonstrate the precise control of the islands’ number, coverage, and wetting degree, allowing fine-tuning of nanoparticles’ optical properties.


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Engineering surface strain for site-selective island growth of Au on anisotropic Au nanostructures

Show Author's information Fan Yang1, Ji Feng1, Jinxing Chen1,†, Zuyang Ye1, Jihua Chen2, Dale K. Hensley2, Yadong Yin1( )
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6494, USA
Present addtess: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

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Controlled growth of islands on plasmonic metal nanoparticles represents a novel strategy in creating unique morphologies that are difficult to achieve by conventional colloidal synthesis processes, where the nanoparticle morphologies are typically determined by the preferential development of certain crystal facets. This work exploits an effective surface-engineering strategy for site-selective island growth of Au on anisotropic Au nanostructures. Selective ligand modification is first employed to direct the site-selective deposition of a thin transition layer of a secondary metal, e.g., Pd, which has a considerable lattice mismatch with Au. The selective deposition of Pd on the original seeds produces a high contrast in the surface strain that guides the subsequent site-selective growth of Au islands. This strategy proves effective in not only inducing the island growth of Au on Au nanostructures but also manipulating the location of grown islands. By taking advantage of the iodide-assisted oxidative ripening process and the surface strain profile on Au nanostructures, we further demonstrate the precise control of the islands’ number, coverage, and wetting degree, allowing fine-tuning of nanoparticles’ optical properties.

Keywords: plasmonic, seed-mediated growth, Au nanorods, island growth, site-selective

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Received: 16 August 2021
Revised: 15 November 2021
Accepted: 04 December 2021
Published: 18 January 2022
Issue date: April 2023

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This work was financially supported by the US National Science Foundation (CHE-1808788).

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