Effective gel for gold nanoparticle formation, support and metal oxide templating.
Gold nanoparticles were synthesized using agarose as a reducing agent, which gelled to support the gold nanoparticles, then readily functioned as a template to produce a porous, evenly-distributed Au/TiO(2) nano-hybrid.
Wang
Xingdong
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PFPC, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic. 3010, Australia.
Egan
Caroline E
CE
Zhou
Meifang
M
Prince
Kathryn
K
Mitchell
David R G
DR
Caruso
Rachel A
RA