Heat generation and stability of a plasmonic nanogold system

The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of Au nanostructures can be precisely tuned in the visible to near-infrared (vis–NIR) region with the size and morphology. The photothermal effect induced by the SPR can raise the temperature of Au nanostructures and the surrounding matrix under external illumination. In this work, hollow Au nanostructures such as nanoboxes and nanorings with a tunable SPR in the region of 650–1100 nm were obtained by a replacement reaction between HAuCl4 and the as-prepared Ag nanostructures as the sacrificed templates. Compared with the solid Au nanorods, studies on the photothermal conversion and stability of hollow Au nanostructures were systematically carried out with the assistance of the near-infrared (NIR) lasers available. Under NIR laser irradiation, the temperatures of the colloidal Au nanostructures increased rapidly from ~30 °C to ~65 °C. Combining the experimental results with a finite-different time-domain (FDTD) numerical simulation, the heat generation of different Au nanostructures was investigated. With the consideration of the concentration of the Au nanostructures, it is indicated that hollow Au nanostructures are superior to solid Au nanorods in photothermal conversion. On increasing the NIR laser power (3 W), Au nanorods undergo a shape deformation from nanorods to spherical nanoparticles, while the SPR and morphology of hollow Au nanoboxes and nanorings maintain high stability, promising to be candidates for nanoheaters. This work provides a standard to design optimized plasmonic nanoheaters.

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