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American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, 6(8), p. 5833-5842, 2014

DOI: 10.1021/nn500727w

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Monodisperse Gold Nanotriangles: Size Control, Large-Scale Self-Assembly, and Performance in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

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Abstract

Au nanotriangles display interesting nanoplasmonic features with potential application in various fields. However, such applications have been hindered by the lack of efficient synthetic methods yielding sufficient size and shape monodispersity, as well as by insufficient morphological stability. We present here a synthesis and purification protocol that efficiently addresses these issues. The size of the nanotriangles can be tuned within a rather wide range by simply changing the experimental parameters. The obtained monodispersity leads to extended self-assembly, not only on electron microscopy grids but also at the air/liquid interface, allowing transfer onto centimeter-size substrates. These extended monolayers show promising performance as surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates, as demonstrated for thiophenol detection.