Gold nanorod crystal growth: From seed-mediated synthesis to nanoscale sculpting

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-134

  Murphy, Catherine J ^a   Thompson, Lucas B ^a   Chernak, Davin J ^a   Yang, Jie An ^a   Sivapalan, Sean T ^a   Boulos, Stefano P ^a   Huang, Jingyu ^a   Alkilany, Alaaldin M ^a   Sisco, Patrick N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold; Nanorod; Shape; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CHEMICAL SENSING; COLLOIDAL MATERIALS; GOLD NANOROD; IMPURITY IONS; NANO SCALE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REACTION CHEMISTRY; SEED MEDIATED; SEED MEDIATED GROWTH; SHAPE; SYNTHESIS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DRUG DELIVERY; GOLD; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANORODS;

GOLD; ION; NANOPARTICLE; NANOROD;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; IMAGING; NANOANALYSIS; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

EID: 79952694416     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2011.01.001     Document Type: Review

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