title: Bipyramid-templated synthesis of monodisperse anisotropic gold nanocrystals.
abstract: Much of the interest in noble metal nanoparticles is due to their plasmonic resonance responses and local field enhancement, both of which can be tuned through the size and shape of the particles. However, both properties suffer from the loss of monodispersity that is frequently associated with various morphologies of nanoparticles. Here we show a method to generate diverse and monodisperse anisotropic gold nanoparticle shapes with various tip geometries as well as highly tunable size augmentations through either oxidative etching or seed-mediated growth of purified, monodisperse gold bipyramids. The conditions employed in the etching and growth processes also offer valuable insights into the growth mechanism difficult to realize with other gold nanostructures. The high-index facets and more complicated structure of the bipyramid lead to a wider variety of intriguing regrowth structures than in previously studied nanoparticles. Our results introduce a class of gold bipyramid-based nanoparticles with interesting and potentially useful features to the toolbox of gold nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Jung-Hoon
authors.identifier: 0000000332296427
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Kyle J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Yossi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Weizmann
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D006046:Gold