Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue 11, Pages 5708-5714Publisher
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.302
Keywords
Gold Nanorods; High Aspect-Ratio; pH Control Synthesis; Seed Mediated; Slow Growth
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- New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-05-0527]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC-20774082]
- National High Technology Research and Developrnent Program of China [2006AA03Z329, 2006AA032444]
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Here we report the two-step synthesis of high aspect-ratio gold nanorods via combining low pH growth and higher cetyltrimethylammonium bromide concentration. The approach is motivated by the slow growth principle, which has been demonstrated recently as a effective protocol to prepare high aspect-ratio one-dimensional nanostructures. When the pH value of the growth solution gradually decreased, the growth rate of nanorods was significantly decreased and a continuous morphological changing from uniform monodisperse gold nanospheres to extraordinary long gold nanorods occured. By simultaneously decreasing the growth pH and increasing the concentration of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, the length of gold nanorods could be further elongated to above 2 mu m with large aspect-ratio of above 80. This kind of high aspect-ratio gold nanorods could be excellent building blocks for optical or electrical nanodevices in future.
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