Wang, Y, Guo, Y orcid.org/0000-0003-4607-7356, Shen, Y et al. (4 more authors) (2016) HCl-Retarded Gold Nanorod Growth for Aspect Ratio and Shape Tuning. Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 16 (1). pp. 1194-1201. ISSN 1533-4880
Abstract
Traditionally, gold nanorods (GNRs) are mostly prepared via a seed-mediated growth approach, which usually produce an initial burst growth followed by slower kinetics and generate dogboneshaped GNRs with relatively small aspect ratios (ARs). We demonstrate here that the growth of GNRs can be effectively retarded by addition of hydrochloric acid (HCl), leading to the formation of symmetric, long GNRs with high ARs. Furthermore, time-dependent kinetic analysis of GNR growth reveals two completely different growth modalities: in the absence of HCl, the GNR growth is rapid, reaching a concentration of 0.64 nM in 10 min. Its AR also rapidly reaches a maximum value of 4.1 at 2 min and then gradually decreases to 3.3 over 5 h. In sharp contrast, in the presence of HCl additive, the GNR growth happens very slowly, reaching a concentration of 0.33 nM at 7 h, and the AR also grows slowly to reach a maximum value of 5.3 at 3 h. These growth modalities endow different formation mechanisms of GNRs, which determine their aspect ratios and shape.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemistry (Leeds) > Inorganic Chemistry (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Food Science and Nutrition (Leeds) > FSN Chemistry and Biochemistry (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 331281 EU - European Union 331281 EU - European Union 331281 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2020 13:19 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2020 13:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Scientific Publishers |
Identification Number: | 10.1166/jnn.2016.10637 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86596 |