Long-term stability of surfactant-free gold nanostars

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Vega, Marienette Morales ^a   Bonifacio, Alois ^a   Lughi, Vanni ^a   Marsi, Stefano ^a   Carrato, Sergio ^a   Sergo, Valter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Gold nanostars; Mercaptopropionic acid; Nanoparticles; Stability; Surfactant free

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BLUE SHIFT; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GOLD NANOSTARS; LONG TERM STABILITY; MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SURFACTANT-FREE; VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

STABILITY;

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; GOLD; SULFUR; SURFACTANT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENSION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84912570447     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2729-z     Document Type: Article

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