One-step synthesis of star-shaped gold nanoparticles

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 441, Issue , 2014, Pages 623-628

  Minati, Luca ^a   Benetti, Filippo ^b   Chiappini, Andrea ^a   Speranza, Giorgio ^a,c  

^a IFN CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete dipole approximation; Gold nanostars; Reproducibility; SERS; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; STARS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; GOLD NANOSTARS; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SERS; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE;

GOLD;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HYDROXYLAMINE; REDUCING AGENT; RHODAMINE 6G;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SUSPENSION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84886819542     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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