Citation: Lan HUANG, Zhi Rui GUO, Meng WANG, Ning GU. Facile Synthesis of Gold Nanoplates by Citrate Reduction of AuCl₄^- at Room Temperature[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2006, 17(10): 1405-1408. shu

Facile Synthesis of Gold Nanoplates by Citrate Reduction of AuCl₄^- at Room Temperature

Lan HUANG ^1,2, ,
Zhi Rui GUO ¹ ,
Meng WANG ¹ ,
Ning GU ^1,2

1.
State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096;
2.
Jiangsu Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096

Received Date: 18 April 2006

Fund Project: We gratefully acknowledge the support to this research from the National Natural Science Foundation of China for financial support of this research (No. 60371027, 60171005, 90406023, 90406024 and 20573019).

Single-crystalline, regular-edged gold nanoplates are synthesized through chemical reduction of AuCl₄^- by a suitable amount of citrate at room temperature, without additional capping agents or surfactants. The suitable molar ratio of sodium citrate to HAuCl₄, low reaction temperature and the presence of natural light are critical factors for the formation of the regularly shaped nanoplates.
- Gold nanoplate,
- synthesis,
- light irradiation
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