Facile synthesis of Ag nanocubes and Au nanocages

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2182-2190

  Skrabalak, Sara E ^a   Au, Leslie ^a   Li, Xingde ^b   Xia, Younan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 VINYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GOLD; NANOCAGE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYOL; SILVER; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GALVANIC CURRENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 37249043131     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.326     Document Type: Article

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