A simple millifluidic benchtop reactor system for the high-throughput synthesis and functionalization of gold nanoparticles with different sizes and shapes

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4135-4150

  Lohse, Samuel E ^a   Eller, Jonathan R ^a   Sivapalan, Sean T ^a   Plews, Michael R ^a   Murphy, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

flow synthesis; gold nanoparticles; gold nanorod; gram scale; millifluidic reactor

Indexed keywords

FLOW SYNTHESIS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOROD; GRAM-SCALE; MILLIFLUIDIC REACTOR;

ASPECT RATIO; BATCH REACTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMONS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

GOLD;

EID: 84878281250     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4005022     Document Type: Article

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