Free-standing gold nanoparticle membrane by the spontaneous reduction of aqueous chloroaurate ions by oxyethylene-linkage-bearing diamine at a liquid-liquid interface

P. R. Selvakannan, P. Senthil Kumar, Arvind S. More, Rahul D. Shingte, Prakash P. Wadgaonkar, Murali Sastry

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Abstract

The one-step process for synthesis of free-standing gold nanoparticle-polymer composite membrane obtained by reduction of chloroaurate ions by oxyethylene-linkage-bearing diamine at liquid-liquid interface was analyzed. A free-standing polyaniline-like polymeric material in which gold nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed was formed. It was observed that gold nanoparticle membrane was robust and could be generated in range of sizes and thicknesses with tailoring of porosity dependent on presence/removal of gold nanoparticles. The results show that gold nanoparticles have significant applications in separation methodologies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)966-971
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume16
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2004
Externally publishedYes

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