Tunability and stability of gold nanoparticles obtained from chloroauric acid and sodium thiosulfate reaction

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Guandong ^a   Jasinski, Jacek B ^a   Howell, Justin Lee ^a   Patel, Dhruvinkumar ^a   Stephens, Dennis P ^a   Gobin, Andre M ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell structure; Gold colloid; Gold nanoparticles; Gold nanoplates; Near infrared absorption; Sodium thiosulfate; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLAR RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPHERES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; GOLD COLLOID; GOLD NANOPLATES; NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84864026092     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-337     Document Type: Article

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