Aqueous deposition of gold nanofilm for solar control

Xu, X

Aqueous deposition of gold nanofilm for solar control

Xu, X

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dc.contributor.author	Xu, X
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-29T04:07:40Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-29T04:07:40Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37360
dc.description	University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Science.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	In this study, I have demonstrated two ways to deposit nanoscale gold coatings on glass for solar control purposes. Coatings produced by in situ deposition showed a variation in colour from red, to purple to blue in transmission, caused by the surface plasmons of isolated particles and the inter-particle interaction of gold nanospheres. The absorption peak was in the upper visible and near-infrared. The colour and transmission spectrum of these coatings were controlled by nucleation, growth and aggregation of the gold nanospheres. The optical spectrum was simulated by Discrete Dipole Analysis (DDA), which revealed that the absorption peaks were strongly influenced by the ratio of particle size to interparticle spacing. The mechanical properties of these gold nanoparticle coatings were also investigated by nanoindentation. This indicated the film of gold nanoparticles showed similar mechanical properties to those of bulk gold. The seed-mediated method for synthesis of gold nanorods was also investigated. It was found that the pH, Ag+, surfactant and seed solution play important roles in controlling the aspect ratio. Ag+ is strongly absorbed by the gold nanorods. Ag/Au in as-prepared rods changed only slightly from 1:1.78 to 1:1.35, while the ratio in solution changed greatly from 1:10 to 1:2.5. A double-layer micellar structure in the surfactant solution was proposed as the explanation for the synthesis of gold nanorods by the seed-mediated method. The transmission spectra of different shapes of gold nanorods were also simulated by the DDA method, while the gamut of colours of gold nanorods during growth was mapped onto the CIE-LAB colour space. Self-assembled coatings of gold nanorods provided better spectral selectivity between infrared and visible region than was possible with spheres. Numerical simulations confirmed this, and showed that a mixture of nanorods of varying aspect ratio could achieve better spectral selectivity with a low gold loading. However, the further development of gold nanorod coatings requires the availability of an effective method to produce long rods.	en_US
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
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dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.subject	Solar control.	en
dc.subject	Nanoindentation.	en
dc.subject	Gold nanospheres.	en
dc.subject	Discrete Dipole Analysis (DDA).	en
dc.subject	Gold nanorod coatings.	en
dc.title	Aqueous deposition of gold nanofilm for solar control	en_US
dc.type	Thesis
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

In this study, I have demonstrated two ways to deposit nanoscale gold coatings on glass for solar control purposes. Coatings produced by in situ deposition showed a variation in colour from red, to purple to blue in transmission, caused by the surface plasmons of isolated particles and the inter-particle interaction of gold nanospheres. The absorption peak was in the upper visible and near-infrared. The colour and transmission spectrum of these coatings were controlled by nucleation, growth and aggregation of the gold nanospheres. The optical spectrum was simulated by Discrete Dipole Analysis (DDA), which revealed that the absorption peaks were strongly influenced by the ratio of particle size to interparticle spacing. The mechanical properties of these gold nanoparticle coatings were also investigated by nanoindentation. This indicated the film of gold nanoparticles showed similar mechanical properties to those of bulk gold. The seed-mediated method for synthesis of gold nanorods was also investigated. It was found that the pH, Ag+, surfactant and seed solution play important roles in controlling the aspect ratio. Ag+ is strongly absorbed by the gold nanorods. Ag/Au in as-prepared rods changed only slightly from 1:1.78 to 1:1.35, while the ratio in solution changed greatly from 1:10 to 1:2.5. A double-layer micellar structure in the surfactant solution was proposed as the explanation for the synthesis of gold nanorods by the seed-mediated method. The transmission spectra of different shapes of gold nanorods were also simulated by the DDA method, while the gamut of colours of gold nanorods during growth was mapped onto the CIE-LAB colour space. Self-assembled coatings of gold nanorods provided better spectral selectivity between infrared and visible region than was possible with spheres. Numerical simulations confirmed this, and showed that a mixture of nanorods of varying aspect ratio could achieve better spectral selectivity with a low gold loading. However, the further development of gold nanorod coatings requires the availability of an effective method to produce long rods.

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