The Many Faces of Gold Nanorods

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry letters Vol. 1; no. 19; pp. 2867 - 2875
• Main Authors: Murphy, Catherine J, Thompson, Lucas B, Alkilany, Alaaldin M, Sisco, Patrick N, Boulos, Stefano P, Sivapalan, Sean T, Yang, Jie An, Chernak, Davin J, Huang, Jingyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 07.10.2010

Gold nanorods exhibit optical properties that are tunable with their shape, leading to sensing, imaging, and biomedical therapeutic applications. Colloidal preparations of gold nanorods impart surfactants or other species on the nanorod surfaces; a popular preparation leads to a surfactant bilayer o...