Ionic liquid-assisted morphosynthesis of gold nanorods using polyethyleneimine-capped seeds

Aniket Thete (1) , Oscar Rojas (2) , David Neumeyer (3) , Joachim Koetz (2) , Erik Dujardin (1)

1 CEMES-GNS - Groupe NanoSciences
2 University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam
3 CEMES - Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales

Seed-mediated gold nanorods with tunable lengths are prepared using new polyethyleneimine-capped gold nanoparticles synthesized in ionic liquid. The effect of polyethyleneimine and ionic liquid during nanorod growth is investigated and shows a marked effect on their final aspect ratio.

Domaines: Chimie

Aniket Thete, Oscar Rojas, David Neumeyer, Joachim Koetz, Erik Dujardin. Ionic liquid-assisted morphosynthesis of gold nanorods using polyethyleneimine-capped seeds. RSC Advances, 2013, 3 (34), pp.14294-14298. ⟨10.1039/c3ra22112a⟩. ⟨hal-01798019⟩