Facile synthesis of multibranched gold nanostars with precisely tunable sizes for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Cuixia Bi, Zhixiu Wang, Hongyan Zhao, Guangqiang Liu
Abstract
Gold nanostars with sharp and densely branched morphologies were fabricated by a seed-mediated method using cysteine as the shape-directing agent.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceRaman scatteringNanotechnologyRaman spectroscopyChemical engineeringOpticsEngineeringPhysicsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsPolymer Surface Interaction Studies