Synthesis and characterization of Ag/Au alloy and core(Ag)-shell(Au) nanoparticles

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 415, Issue , 2012, Pages 281-287

  Csapó, Edit ^a   Oszkó, Albert ^b   Varga, Erika ^b   Juhász, Ádám ^c   Buzás, Norbert ^c   Korösi, László ^a   Majzik, Andrea ^d   Dékány, Imre ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c Nanocolltech Ltd   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alloy; Core shell; Silver gold nanoparticles; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILVER ALLOYS; SODIUM; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALLOY NANOPARTICLE; CORE-SHELL; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; GOLD NPS; GOLD SHELL; HRTEM IMAGES; PLASMON BAND; REDUCTANTS; SODIUM CITRATE; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

CITRATE SODIUM; GOLD ALLOY; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84870265603     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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