Self-assembly of silver nanoparticles into dendritic flowers from aqueous solution

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Swatek, Andrew L ^a   Dong, Zheng ^a   Shaw, John ^a   Islam, M Rafiq ^a  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic; L(+) cysteine; Nanoflowers; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; FLOWER-LIKE; L(+) CYSTEINE; LIQUID PHASE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TEMPLATE-FREE; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; WETTING LAYER;

AGGLOMERATION; DENDRIMERS; NANOFLOWERS; NANOPARTICLES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

CYSTEINE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77949362020     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080903115387     Document Type: Article

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