Ammonium bicarbonate reduction route to uniform gold nanoparticles and their applications in catalysis and surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 861-869

  Wu, Feng ^a,b   Yang, Qing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

4 nitrophenol; ammonium bicarbonate; catalytic activity; Gold nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052274810     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0142-9     Document Type: Article

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