- Title
- Synthesis of folate-conjugated palladium nanoparticles
- Creator
- Xolo, Luthando
- Subject
- Nanotechnology
- Subject
- Nanostructured materials Complex compounds
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/36442
- Identifier
- vital:33943
- Description
- In this study, the synthesis of two new folate-conjugated palladium (Pd) nanoparticles was carried out. This was done via two steps; firstly, the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) capped with 4-aminothiophenol (4-Atp) and secondly, they were conjugated to the folate to form Folate-4Atp-PdNPs. All the above were characterized by using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) which confirmed the formation of the targeted product (PdNPs-4-Atp-folate) as well as the 2-Aet linked with folate product (2-Aet-folate). The optical properties of the products formed were characterized further by using UV-Vis spectroscopy and Photoluminescence (PL). The size and shape of the nanoparticles were obtained by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The FTIR confirmed the formation of desired nanoparticles (Fa-4Atp-PdNPs), with peak of C=O stretching vibration at 1659 cm-1. The UV-Vis showed absorption peaks at 236 nm and 285 nm which was due to n-π* and π-π* transitions. The nanoparticles also showed excitation and emission peaks at 360 nm and 455 nm from the PL when excitation wavelength was set at 270 nm. The methanol soluble nanoparticles had an average size of 36 nm while the water-soluble nanoparticles were 4 nm in size. The HRTEM also showed the methanol nanoparticles were amorphous while the water-soluble nanoparticles were crystalline. The work reports on comparison of the methanol-soluble and water-soluble nanoparticles size distribution and the effect of capping agent used on the nanoparticles.
- Format
- xiii, 78 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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