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Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis
Published on: July 10, 2021
High yield synthesis and surface chemistry exchange of small gold hexagonal nanoprisms
Katherinne I Requejo1, Anton V Liopo, Eugene R Zubarev
1Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA. zubarev@rice.edu.
Abstract:
A new seed-mediated synthesis of AuHNPs in high yield is described using hydroquinone as a weak reductant and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) as a shape-directing additive. We obtain distinct and small edge lengths of AuHNPs with long-term shape stability. Also, PVP enhances the monodispersity and enables the higher stability of functionalized nanoprisms.
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