title: Polyelectrolyte mediated scalable synthesis of highly stable silver nanocubes in less than a minute using microwave irradiation.
abstract: Silver nanocubes were synthesized for the first time in large quantities on gold seed in the presence of a polyelectrolyte using microwave heating for 60-120 s. Our experiment indicates that the polyelectrolyte directs the growth of the particle in a specified crystallographic direction resulting in the faceted particle, i.e. a nanocube. The nanocubes are stable for at least 2 months in ambient conditions.
authors: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588-0643, USA.
authors: Subrata
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authors: Kundu
authors: Vivek
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authors: Maheshwari
authors: Sanjun
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authors: Niu
authors: Ravi F
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