Selective synthesis of hexagonal Ag nanoplates in a solution-phase chemical reduction process

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 843-851

  Liu, Mingzhu ^a,b   Leng, Mei ^a,b   Yu, Chao ^a,b   Wang, Xin ^c   Wang, Cheng ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ag hexagonal nanoplates; etching effect; Synthesis; transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650419003     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-0055-z     Document Type: Article

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