Issue 47, 2015

A microfluidic-based controllable synthesis of rolled or rigid ultrathin gold nanoplates

Abstract

A continuous, microfluidic-based, seed-mediated synthesis of high-purity gold nanoplates with different thicknesses was developed. The thickness of the nanoplates can be fairly tuned from less than 1 nm to a few nm by varying the flow rate. Depending on the thickness, the obtained nanoplates could be rigid and flat-surfaced with thicknesses larger than 2 nm or flexible with crumpled or rolled shapes when the thickness is around 1 nm. These nanoplates are poly-crystalline with different crystal faces and show high electrochemical activity towards glucose oxidation.

Graphical abstract: A microfluidic-based controllable synthesis of rolled or rigid ultrathin gold nanoplates

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Feb 2015
Accepted
09 Apr 2015
First published
09 Apr 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 37512-37516

Author version available

A microfluidic-based controllable synthesis of rolled or rigid ultrathin gold nanoplates

Q. Fu, G. Ran and W. Xu, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 37512 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA02461G

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