Spontaneous formation of gold nanostructures in aqueous microdroplets

Reactions in aqueous microdroplets can significantly differ from those in bulk. Here, the authors report microdroplets that not only accelerate gold nanoparticle formation by several orders of magnitude but also promote spontaneous nanostructure formation with no reducing agents or template.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jae Kyoo Lee, Devleena Samanta, Hong Gil Nam, Richard N. Zare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04023-z