Abstract:Gold and silver nanoparticles are widely used as signal amplification elements in various electrochemical and optical sensor applications. Although these NPs can be synthesized in several ways, perhaps one of the simplest methods of their preparation is the thermal annealing of pre-deposited thin metal films on glass. With this method, the parameters of the annealing process (time and temperature) and the pre-deposited thin film thickness influence and define the resulting size and distribution of the NPs on t… Show more
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