What is the role of BDAC in the colloidal synthesis of gold nanorods?

Amey Apte @Amey-Apte

24 February 2014 1 2K Report

The method in question refers to the famous paper by Nikoobakht and El-Sayed (Chem. Mater., Vol. 15, No. 10, 2003)

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Basically it acts as capping agent / surfactant to keep the nanorod growing into desired shape and keep them stable.

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