| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1686567 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We show that X-ray irradiation of metal salt aqueous solutions in the absence of any stabilizer leads to the synthesis of metal nano-particles, similarly to γ-ray irradiation. The chemical route is the reduction of silver metal ions induced by radiolysis of water. Moreover, X-rays used for the synthesis allow following in situ the formation of silver nano-particles by Small Angle X-ray Scattering associated with UV–visible absorption spectroscopy. The synthesized nano-objects appear spherical with a radius of about 14 nm.
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Authors
S. Remita, P. Fontaine, E. Lacaze, Y. Borensztein, H. Sellame, R. Farha, C. Rochas, M. Goldmann,