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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1677-1679
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume48
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 17 2012

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