Turkevich in New Robes: Key Questions Answered for the Most Common Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7052-7071

  Wuithschick, Maria ^a   Birnbaum, Alexander ^a   Witte, Steffen ^a   Sztucki, Michael ^b   Vainio, Ulla ^c   Pinna, Nicola ^a   Rademann, Klaus ^a   Emmerling, Franziska ^d   Kraehnert, Ralph ^e   Polte, Jörg ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

gold nanoparticles; growth mechanism; SAXS; size control; tetrachloroauric acid; Turkevich

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GROWTH MECHANISMS; SAXS; SIZE CONTROL; TURKEVICH;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84938125674     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01579     Document Type: Article

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