Two-step synthesis of high aspect ratio gold nanorods

Central European Journal of Chemistry - Tập 4 - Trang 160-165 - 2006
Tom Mortier1, André Persoons1, Thierry Verbiest1
1Department of Chemistry, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Tóm tắt

We describe a very simple, two-step synthetic method to prepare gold nanorods with extremely high aspect ratios (> 20) and average lengths of more than 1000 nm. The method is based on a seed-mediated growth in presence of the surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. The length and aspect ratios of the nanorods can be manipulated by varying the surfactant concentration.

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