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Implications of citrate concentration during the seeded growth synthesis of gold nanoparticles

2010; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 47; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c0cc02075c

1364-548X

Anna A. Volkert, Varuni Subramaniam, Amanda J. Haes,

Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Increasing the citrate concentration during the seeded growth synthesis of gold nanoparticles yields materials with decreased aspect ratios and increased defect densities. The stability of these nanoparticles is attributed to variations in their overall Gibb's free energy.