Implementing atomic force microscopy (AFM) for studying kinetics of gold nanoparticle's growth

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 434, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-163

  Georgiev, Peter ^a   Bojinova, Assya ^a   Kostova, Bistra ^b   Momekova, Denitsa ^b   Bjornholm, Thomas ^c   Balashev, Konstantin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS); Finke Watzky (F W) model; Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs); Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; GOLD; KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; KINETICS MODELS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

GROWTH KINETICS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84879343070     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.05.064     Document Type: Article

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