The successful synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes offers many
opportunities to not only maneuver their physicochemical properties but also optimize their …

Seed‐mediated growth is a powerful and versatile approach for the synthesis of colloidal
metal nanocrystals. The vast allure of this approach mainly stems from the staggering …

Seed-mediated synthesis strategies, in which small gold nanoparticle precursors are added
to a growth solution to initiate heterogeneous nucleation, are among the most prevalent …

Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

Gold nanoparticles have been used in biomedical applications since their first colloidal
syntheses more than three centuries ago. However, over the past two decades, their …

The robust, sensitive, and selective detection of targeted biomolecules in their native
environment by prospective nanostructures holds much promise for real-time, accurate, and …

The roles of silver ions and halides (chloride, bromide, and iodide) in the seed-mediated
synthesis of gold nanostructures have been investigated, and their influence on the growth …

Metal surfaces with intrinsic chirality play an irreplaceable role in many significant
enantioselective chemical processes such as enantioselective catalysis, sensing, and …

The properties of nanomaterials for use in catalytic and energy storage applications strongly
depends on the nature of their surfaces. Nanocrystals with high surface energy have an …

Nobel metal nanomaterials (NMNs) with interesting physical and chemical properties are
ideal building blocks for engineering and tailoring nanoscale structures for specific …