Synthesis, properties and applications of one- and two-dimensional gold nanostructures

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-55

  Hong, Xun ^a   Tan, Chaoliang ^a   Chen, Junze ^a   Xu, Zhichuan ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

gold nanostructures; nanobelts; nanoplates; nanosheets; nanowires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925488241     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0636-3     Document Type: Review

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