Time-dependent susceptibility of the growth of gold nanorods to the addition of a cosurfactant

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4772-4780

  Wadams, Robert C ^a   Fabris, Laura ^a,b   Vaia, Richard A ^c   Park, Kyoungweon ^c,d  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

BDAC; cosurfactant; CTAB; CTAC; gold nanorods; growth mechanism

Indexed keywords

BDAC; CO-SURFACTANTS; CTAB; CTAC; GOLD NANOROD; GROWTH MECHANISMS;

ADATOMS; ADSORPTION; ASPECT RATIO; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84890402229     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm402863h     Document Type: Article

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