Sonochemical synthesis of silver nanorods by reduction of silver nitrate in aqueous solution

Yu-ping Zhu; Xi-kui Wang; Wei-lin Guo; Jin-gang Wang; Chen Wang

doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2010.01.003

Sonochemical synthesis of silver nanorods by reduction of silver nitrate in aqueous solution

Ultrason Sonochem. 2010 Apr;17(4):675-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2010.01.003. Epub 2010 Jan 14.

Authors

Yu-ping Zhu¹, Xi-kui Wang, Wei-lin Guo, Jin-gang Wang, Chen Wang

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China.

PMID: 20149712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2010.01.003

Abstract

The sonochemical synthesis of silver nanorods has been achieved by ultrasonic irradiation of the aqueous solution of silver nitrate, methenamine (HMTA) and poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) for 60 min. The silver nanorods obtained have lengths of 4-7 microm and mean diameters of about 100 nm. The structures of the samples were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and the chemical composition of the sample was examined by energy-dispersive X-ray spectrum (EDS). The effects of the irradiation time, the concentration of PVP and the reaction temperature on the morphology of silver nanorods were discussed, and the mechanism of the silver nanorods formation was tentatively inferred.