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Synthesis of anisotropic rod-like gold nanostructures in organic media

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Synthesis of anisotropic rod-like gold nanostructures was carried out in chloroform employing a modified ascorbic acid derivative as a reducing agent in the presence and absence of seed particles. The seed particles and/or the chloroaurate ions were phase transferred to the organic media using n-octadecyl amine. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis clearly revealed that the anisotropic structures are single crystalline in nature. The stabilization of certain crystallographic faces of anisotropic gold nanostructures by amines is invoked to explain the formation of these structures.

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A convenient way to synthesize anisotropic gold nanorod like structures directly in non-polar organic media employing a modified ascorbic acid derivative as a reducing agent is being reported.

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We thank the Ministry of Science Technology for funding through the Department of Science and Technology under the Green Chemistry Program (NO. SR/S5/GC-20/2007) and DST-UNANST @ NCL. PVM/SPC thank CSIR (New Delhi) and PP thanks UGC (New Delhi) for the financial support in the form of research fellowships. The authors thank Prof. P. V. Satyam, IIT Bhubaneswar, India for many useful discussions.

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  1. Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411 008, India

    Bhagavatula L V Prasad, Prathap Chandran Sivasankaran & K V Maya

  2. Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411 008, India

    Pitambar Patel, Pushpa V Malekar & Chepuri V Ramana

  3. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, India

    Bhagavatula L V Prasad, Prathap Chandran Sivasankaran, Pitambar Patel, Pushpa V Malekar, K V Maya & Chepuri V Ramana

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Prasad, B.L.V., Sivasankaran, P.C., Patel, P. et al. Synthesis of anisotropic rod-like gold nanostructures in organic media. J Chem Sci 133, 106 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-021-01952-z

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