Controlled synthesis of monodisperse silver nanocubes in water.
Monodisperse silver nanocubes with edge length of 55 +/- 5 nm were, for the first time, synthesized in water on the basis of HTAB-modified silver mirror reaction at 120 degrees C (HTAB, n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide). The individual nanocube was crystallographically well defined with a single crystal bonded by six {200} facets. The nanocubes were soluble to form stable aqueous solutions and had a strong tendency to assemble into two-dimensional arrays with regular checked pattern on substrate.
Center for Carbon-Rich Molecular and Nano-Scale Metal-Based Materials Research and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, PR China.
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Vivian Wing-Wah
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