Tailored Au nanorods: Optimizing functionality, controlling the aspect ratio and increasing biocompatibility

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 33, 2010, Pages

  Cai, Xiaoqing ^a   Wang, Cheng Liang ^a   Chen, Hsiang Hsin ^a   Chien, Chia Chi ^a,b   Lai, Sheng Feng ^a   Chen, Yi Yun ^a   Hua, Tzu En ^a   Kempson, Ivan M ^a   Hwu, Y ^a,b,c   Yang, C S ^d   Margaritondo, G ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; AU NANORODS; CHEMICAL REDUCTION; GOLD NANOROD; HELA CELL; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MONODISPERSE; NANOROD GROWTH; X RAY IRRADIATION;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; IRRADIATION; NANORODS; OPTIMIZATION; REDUCING AGENTS; X RAYS;

ASPECT RATIO;

BIOMATERIAL; GOLD; NANOTUBE; SILVER NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GOLD; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER NITRATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; X-RAYS;

EID: 77957851117     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/33/335604     Document Type: Article

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