Size-Controlled Synthesis of Sub-10-nanometer Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles and Related Optical Properties.

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1066-1075

  Piella, Jordi ^a   Bastús, Neus G ^a   Puntes, Victor ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD ALLOYS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SODIUM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; KINETICALLY CONTROLLED; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NARROW DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REACTION PARAMETERS; SIZE CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; SIZE-DEPENDENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

GOLD;

EID: 84958984848     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04406     Document Type: Article

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