Abstract
The ability to stop the self-assembly of gold nanocrystals at a desired stage of the process provides new leverage to understand and control the dynamics of self-assembly. Herein, competitive ligands are used to unfavor the interaction of the cross-linker with the gold surface and terminate the growth reaction of gold nanoparticles and nanorod chains.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1677-1679 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 17 2012 |