Highly tapered pentagonal bipyramidal Au microcrystals with high index faceted corrugation: Synthesis and optical properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mettela, Gangaiah ^a   Boya, Radha ^a   Singh, Danveer ^b   Kumar, G V Pavan ^b   Kulkarni, G U ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 84877765215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01793     Document Type: Article

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