Nanoparticle-coated microcrystals

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Jun 7:(21):2677-9. doi: 10.1039/b501046b. Epub 2005 Apr 20.

Abstract

Coprecipitation provides a rapid high-yield method for self-assembly of nanoparticles on the surface of flat water-soluble crystalline surfaces and a simple immobilisation technique prior to storage or thermal and chemical modification.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chemical Precipitation
  • Crystallization
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Solubility
  • Sulfates / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Sulfates
  • potassium sulfate
  • Gold