title: Surface modification of gold nanorods with synthetic cationic lipids.
abstract: Colloidal gold nanorods (GNRs), which were passivated with cationic cerasome-forming lipids having triethoxysilyl groups, were obtained in the aqueous phase by sonication of the mixture of lipids and GNRs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. ynidotcm@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niidome
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higashimoto
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawazumi
authors.forename: Sunao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Naotoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Jun-ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008055:Lipids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D006046:Gold