Dendrimer-mediated synthesis and shape evolution of gold-silver alloy nanoparticles

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 405, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-29

  Liu, Hui ^a   Sun, Kai ^b   Zhao, Jinglong ^c   Guo, Rui ^a   Shen, Mingwu ^a   Cao, Xueyan ^a   Zhang, Guixiang ^c   Shi, Xiangyang ^a,d  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dendrimer; Gold silver alloy nanoparticles; Shape evolution; Stability; X ray attenuation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ALLOYS; AMINES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DENDRIMERS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILVER ALLOYS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ACETYL GROUPS; BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; CURVED NANOWIRES; GOLD ATOMS; GOLD-SILVER ALLOY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; METAL ALLOYS; METAL ATOMS; METAL COMPOSITION; MOLAR RATIO; POLYAMIDOAMINE DENDRIMERS; SHAPE EVOLUTION; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; UV-VIS SPECTROMETRY; X-RAY ATTENUATION;

SILVER;

GOLD SILVER ALLOY NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYAMIDOAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84861657311     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.04.028     Document Type: Article

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