JING Xiaolian, HUANG Dengpo, HUANG Jiale, et al. Preparation of Au nanowires based on synergistic action of Pichia pastoris cells and surfactant[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (9): 3661-3668.
JING Xiaolian, HUANG Dengpo, HUANG Jiale, et al. Preparation of Au nanowires based on synergistic action of Pichia pastoris cells and surfactant[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (9): 3661-3668.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20150925.
Au nanowires (AuNWs) were obtained by the reduction of HAuCl4 with ascorbic acid (AA) under the synergistic action between microorganism (Pichia pastoris cells
PPCs) and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromides (CTAB). SEM
TEM
HRTEM and SEAD were used to characterize the shape and structure feature of the Au nanoproducts. The results showed the AuNWs were hierarchically branched polycrystal and the interfaces of the branched positions were continuous in lattice. The interaction process between the microorganism and CTAB was researched and it was found that Au(0) could be formed on the PPCs surface
which acted as the seeds for the formation of AuNWs after AA addtion. Without the interaction process between the microorganism and CTAB
the Au nanoparticles instead of nanowires were acquired. Too long time adsorption between PPCs and HAuCl4 led to stable Au(0) on the microorganism surface
which was also unfavorable for the subsequent growth of AuNWs. The synergistic action between microorganism and CTAB resulted in the formation of AuNWs with hierarchically branched polycrystalline structure.