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Synthesis of Substrate-Bound Au Nanowires Via an Active Surface Growth Mechanism
Published on: July 18, 2018
Fabrication of Au(111) nanoparticle-like electrode through a seed-mediated growth
Mohammad Rezaur Rahman1, Takeyoshi Okajima, Takeo Ohsaka
1Department of Electronic Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-G1-5 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan.
Abstract:
We demonstrate a seed-mediated growth of electrodeposited gold-nanoparticles (GNPs) onto a glassy carbon (GC) electrode from a solution of H[AuCl(4)] containing NH(2)OH at pH 0.5, resulting in a Au(111) facet ratio as high as 97%.

