Glucose-Assisted Polyol Synthesis of Silver Nanoplates and Nanoprisms in the Presence of Oxyethylated Carboxylic Acid

Received: 24.06.22. Revised: 21.07.22. Accepted: 21.07.22. Available online: 03.08.22.Glucose promotes the formation of silver nanoplates and nanoprisms at room temperature and increases their yield.The silver nanoplates change the shape to nanoprisms with increasing temperature.In the presence of NaOH, the yield of plate-like structures and their aspect ratios increase.This work reports a simple route to synthesizing silver nanoplates and nanoprisms through a polyol approach in the presence of oxyethylated carboxylic acid and glucose. The resulting particles were characterized by electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The introduction of glucose and NaOH into the system substantially increases the yield of nanoplates and reduces their thickness. The optimized reaction conditions can be used to produce, in a one-pot synthesis, silver nanoplates and nanoprisms which may have applications as metallic fillers in ink and paste formulations for 2D and 3D printing to fabricate functional components and devices.The research was funded within the state assignment to ISSCM SB RAS (Project No. 122032900069-8)