An anisotropic snowflake-like structural assembly of polymer-capped gold nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2173-2180

  Parab, Harshala ^a   Jung, Cheulhee ^a   Woo, Min Ah ^a   Park, Hyun Gyu ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Dendrimers; Gold nanoparticles; Polyamine; Self assembly; Snowflake like; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC; COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD PRECURSOR; INITIAL STAGES; MICROMETER LENGTHS; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; POLYAMINES; POSITIVELY CHARGED; PROCESS YIELD; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ORGANIZATION PROCESS; SNOWFLAKE-LIKE; STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

AGGLOMERATION; ANISOTROPY; DENDRIMERS; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SNOW;

NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; METAPHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 80051665646     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-9975-5     Document Type: Article

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