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Facile synthesis of gold nanoribbons by L-cysteine at room temperature

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Highly crystalline gold nanoribbons have been synthesized via a simple method by L-cysteine reduction of aqueous chloroaurate ions at room temperature, without additional capping agent or surfactant. Based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-vis absorption studies for the intermediate products, the formation of gold nanoribbons is regarded as a kind of oriented attachment growth.

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

    Lan Huang, Yu Zhang, ZhiRui Guo & Ning Gu

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90406023 and 90406024), National Important Basic Research Program of China (Great Nos. 2006CB933206 and 2006CB705606) and Foundation for Top Doctoral Candidate of Southeast University.

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Huang, L., Zhang, Y., Guo, Z. et al. Facile synthesis of gold nanoribbons by L-cysteine at room temperature. Chin. Sci. Bull. 54, 1626–1629 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-009-0163-x

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