Separation of gold nanorods using density gradient ultracentrifugation

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 723-728

  Li, Shuai ^a   Chang, Zheng ^a   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Bai, Lu ^a   Luo, Liang ^a   Sun, Xiaoming ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

aspect ratio; Au nanorods; density gradient; separation; surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961023012     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0128-7     Document Type: Article

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