Seedless gold nanostars with seed-like advantages for biosensing applications

Gold nanostars (AuNSs) are seen as promising building blocks for biosensors with potential for easy readouts based on naked-eye and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy detection. We present a seedless synthesis strategy for AuNSs that has the advantages of the seeded methods. The method used ascorbic a...

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Main Authors: Masauso Moses Phiri, Danielle Wingrove Mulder, Barend Christiaan Vorster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-02-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.181971