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We demonstrated for the first time that nonionic surfactants such as T-80 not only act as stabilizing or protecting agents, but also can act as reducing agents for a facile “one-pot” synthesis of gold nanoparticles in an aqueous medium with tunable size at ambient conditions.
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Dr. Thathan Premkumar works as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Geckeler at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST; South Korea). His research interests are in the areas of nanostructured materials, inorganic metal complexes, supramolecular and host-guest chemistry.
Mr. Dongsik Kim completed his M.S. degree in the laboratory of Prof. Geckeler at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST; South Korea) and is now at the Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Germany.
Mr. Kyungjae Lee received his M.S. degree in the laboratory of Prof. Geckeler at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST; South Korea) He is now working in the Central Research Laboratories at Aekyung company (South Korea).
Dr. Kurt Geckeler is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in Gwangju (South Korea) and Visiting Professor at Clemson University (USA). His research interests include the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, especially nanotuibes, nanowires, and nanoparticles of metals and polymers, as well as their applications ‘Brain Korea 21’ project is gratefully acknowledged.
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Premkumar, T., Kim, D., Lee, K. et al. A facile and efficient “one-step” synthesis of Auo with tunable size. Gold Bull 40, 321–327 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03215606
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