Electrochemical studies of capping agent adsorption provide insight into the formation of anisotropic gold nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 11018-11026

  Danger, Brook R ^a   Fan, Donna ^a   Vivek, J P ^a   Burgess, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

anisotropic nanocrystals; bipyramids; dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP); nanopods; nanorods; preferential adsorption

Indexed keywords

4-DIMETHYLAMINOPYRIDINE; ANISOTROPIC PARTICLES; BIPYRAMIDS; BOROHYDRIDE REDUCTIONS; CAPPING AGENT; DIMETHYLAMINOPYRIDINE; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; ELECTROSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GOLD NANOCRYSTALS; LOW INDEX SINGLE CRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTAL FORMATION; NANOPODS; NANOSEEDS; NEAR-IR; PARTIAL REDUCTION; PARTICLE SHAPE; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PREFERENTIAL ADSORPTION; SHAPE CONTROL; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; TETRACHLOROAURATE;

ADSORPTION; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; REDUCTION;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84871560414     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304636m     Document Type: Article

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