Dispersion of gold dodecanethiolate in a silsesquioxane film with pendant dodecyl chains: from photoluminescent materials to gold nanocomposites

作者:Lorena Gomez Maria; dell'Erba Ignacio E; Chesta Carlos A; Hoppe Cristina E; Williams Roberto J J
来源:Journal of Materials Science, 2013, 48(24): 8559-8565.
DOI:10.1007/s10853-013-7675-0

摘要

Photoluminescence of Au(I)-dodecane thiolate (Au(I)-DDT) and its thermal reduction to metallic gold have been extensively reported in the literature. However, the incorporation of this salt to a polymeric matrix to produce photoluminescent materials or gold nanocomposites by thermal reduction is a difficult task due to the insolubility of Au(I)-DDT. In this study it is shown that a silsesquioxane with pendant dodecyl chains can be a convenient host of Au(I)-DDT. The presence of dodecyl chains in both compounds and the in situ generation of the salt in the solution of the silsesquioxane precursor enabled to obtain a uniform dispersion of Au(I)-DDT in the silsesquioxane matrix. Flexible films were generated, exhibiting characteristic photoluminescent properties before thermal treatment and a uniform dispersion of gold nanoparticles after heating at 150 A degrees C for different periods of time.

  • 出版日期2013-12

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