V. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21071136), the National Basic Research Program of China (No.2010CB934700and No.2012CB932001), the Research FUnd for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No.20103402110033) and Anhui Provincial Education Department (No.KJ2012ZD11).
Monodisperse Ag nanoparticles with diameters of about 3.4 nm were synthesized by a facile ultrasonic synthetic route at room temperature with the reduction of borane-tert-butylamine in the presence of oleylamine (OAm...