Photochemical synthesis of gold nanorods.
Gold nanorods have been synthesized by photochemically reducing gold ions within a micellar solution. The aspect ratio of the rods can be controlled with the addition of silver ions. This process reported here is highly promising for producing uniform nanorods, and more importantly it will be useful in resolving the growth mechanism of anisotropic metal nanoparticles due to its simplicity and the relatively slow growth rate of the nanorods.
Kim
Franklin
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Department of Chemistry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Song
Jae Hee
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Yang
Peidong
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