Jinxin Gao

TL;DR: Variations in reaction conditions and crystallographic analysis of gold nanorod have led to insight into the growth mechanism of these materials, and optical applications in sensing and imaging, which take advantage of the visible light absorption and scattering properties of the nanorods are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a three-step seed-mediated growth method was used to make gold nanoparticles, and different surfactants, alkyltrimethylammonium bromides (CnTAB, n = 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18) and cetylpyridinium chloride (C16PC), were chosen as stabilizers.

TL;DR: Infrared absorption reflection spectroscopy studies showed that, when the films were heated in air to various temperatures up to 275 degrees C, the disappearance of the amide vibrational modes occurred at lower temperature for the Pt-G4OH film, and thermogravimetric analysis in both air and argon atmospheres confirmed the fact that the Pt particles inside the G4OH dendrimer catalyze thermal decomposition, allowing d endrimer decomposition to occur at lower temperatures.

TL;DR: The location and time course of the platinum ion uptake by the dendrimers provides valuable insight into the formation of Pt(0) nanoparticles made in the presence of dend rimers as stabilizers, visualized by atomic force microscopy.