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CRYSTENGCOMM
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 116-121Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b914353j
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) [R32-2008-000-10142-0]
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This paper reports the transformation of rhombic dodecahedral gold nanoparticles through two different pathways depending on the water content. The gold nanoparticles were prepared by reducing HAuCl4 with N, N-dimethylforamide in the presence of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) and water. Not only the concentration of PVP but also the water content has a critical role in determining the shape transformation of the gold nanocrystals. At low water content the rhombic dodecahedron is transformed into a rhombicuboctahedron to a truncated octahedron and then to an octahedron, while at higher water content the rhombic dodecahedron is transformed into a rhombicuboctahedron and then to a cube or a truncated cube and then to a cuboctahedron and to a truncated octahedron. In addition, we demonstrated cell imaging by using the truncated octahedral, rhombic dodecahedral and octahedral gold nanoparticles as a contrast agent.
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