title: Shape-tailoring of gold nanostructures: can a detergent act as the reducing or protecting agent?
abstract: A commercially available detergent was found to be an effective reducing as well as stabilizing agent for the synthesis of differently shaped gold nanoparticles in an aqueous solution at an ambient condition and the as-prepared gold nanoparticles behave as an efficient catalyst for the reduction reaction of 4-nitrophenol at room temperature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Thathan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Premkumar
authors.lastname: Kyungjae Lee
authors.forename: Kurt E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Geckeler
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D003902:Detergents / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D006046:Gold