作者:Sanjoy Mondal、Utpal Rana、Rama Ranjan Bhattacharjee、Sudip Malik
DOI:10.1039/c4ra12080a
日期:——
Morphology controlled high aspect ratio worm-like polyaniline (PANI) layer coated Au-nanostructures (Au/PANI) have been successively synthesized by in situ polymerisation techniques using aniline as a monomer with HAuCl4 as an oxidising agent in the absence and presence of citric acid (CA). Synthesized composites were characterized by HRTEM, FESEM, XRD, XPS, UV-vis and FTIR study. Spherical morphologies are seen in the absence of CA and Au nanoparticles are coated by a PANI thin layer with ∼30 nm thickness. In the presence of CA, as well as depending upon the CA to aniline molar ratio, morphology varies from irregular assembly to regular fiber to spherical-like nanostructures. The nanostructures show fibrous morphology with an average diameter of ∼100 nm and lengths of more than 5 μm when CA to aniline molar ratios are 1.0 and 0.2. When the ratios are 2.0 and 0.1, the nanostructure represents the granular-like morphology. Nanofiber formation takes place by the assembly of the CA capped tiny Au-nanorods in the presence of aniline during the polymerisation, and all Au-nanorods are finely coated by a PANI thin layer of ∼5 nm thickness. Importantly, fibrous Au/PANI nanostructures show superior catalytic activity compared to spherical/irregular Au/PANI nanostructures towards the reduction of toxic aromatic nitro compounds like 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), 4-nitroaniline (4-NA), 2,4-dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP) and 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (2,4,6-TNP). This is because of the coating thickness of PANI over Au-nanoparticles in fibrous Au/PANI nanostructures as well as enhanced surface area.
通过原位聚合技术,利用苯胺作为单体,HAuCl4作为氧化剂,在柠檬酸(CA)存在或不存在的情况下,成功合成了形态学调控的具有高纵横比蠕虫状聚苯胺(PANI)层包覆的金纳米结构(Au/PANI)。合成的复合材料通过HRTEM、FESEM、XRD、XPS、UV-vis和FTIR进行了表征。在无CA存在时,观察到球形形态,金纳米粒子被厚度约为30 nm的PANI薄层包覆。在CA存在的情况下,以及根据CA与苯胺的摩尔比,形态从无规则集合体变为规则纤维,再到类球形纳米结构。当CA与苯胺的摩尔比为1.0和0.2时,纳米结构呈现纤维状形态,平均直径约为100 nm,长度超过5 μm。当摩尔比为2.0和0.1时,纳米结构呈现颗粒状形态。纳米纤维的形成是通过CA包覆的微小金纳米棒在苯胺存在的聚合过程中组装而成的,所有金纳米棒都被厚度约为5 nm的PANI薄层精细包覆。重要的是,与球形/不规则的Au/PANI纳米结构相比,纤维状Au/PANI纳米结构对有毒芳香族硝基化合物如4-硝基酚(4-NP)、4-硝基苯胺(4-NA)、2,4-二硝基酚(2,4-DNP)和2,4,6-三硝基酚(2,4,6-TNP)的还原表现出更优越的催化活性。这是因为纤维状Au/PANI纳米结构中PANI在金纳米粒子上的包覆厚度以及增强的表面积所致。