Crystal nucleation and growth of inorganic ionic materials from aqueous solution: selected recent developments, and implications

D Gebauer, JD Gale, H Cölfen - Small, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this review article, selected, latest theoretical, and experimental developments in the field
of nucleation and crystal growth of inorganic materials from aqueous solution are …

[HTML][HTML] Ultracentrifugation techniques for the ordering of nanoparticles

X Xu, H Cölfen - Nanomaterials, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
A centrifugal field can provide an external force for the ordering of nanoparticles. Especially
with the knowledge from in-situ characterization by analytical (ultra) centrifugation …

Determination of 2D particle size distributions in plasmonic nanoparticle colloids via analytical ultracentrifugation: Application to gold bipyramids

U Frank, D Drobek, A Sánchez-Iglesias, SE Wawra… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Multidimensional particle properties determine the product properties in numerous
advanced applications. Accurate and statistically meaningful measurements of complex …

Efficient quenching sheds light on early stages of gold nanoparticle formation

M Biegel, T Schikarski, PC Lopez, L Gromotka… - RSC …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The formation mechanism of plasmonic gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) by fast NaBH4 induced
reduction of the precursors is still under debate. In this work we introduce a simple method to …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticle sizing in the field of nanomedicine: Power of an analytical ultracentrifuge

G Cinar, JI Solomun, P Mapfumo, A Traeger… - Analytica Chimica …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic and light scattering methods are urgently required for accurate
characterization of nanoparticles (NPs) in the field of nanomedicine to unveil their sizes and …

Revisiting the Role of Seed Size for the Synthesis of Highly Uniform Sub-10 nm Length Gold Nanorods

G Gonzalez-Rubio, P Llombart, J Zhou… - Chemistry of …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Despite the advances achieved in the past decade in the seed-mediated synthesis of
colloidal single-crystal gold nanorods (Au NRs), the seed size role in the Au NR formation is …

Development of an advanced multiwavelength emission detector for the analytical ultracentrifuge

V Lautenbach, G Onishchukov, SE Wawra… - Nanoscale …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
An advanced design of the analytical ultracentrifuge with multiwavelength emission
detection (MWE-AUC) is presented which offers outstanding performance concerning the …

Green room temperature synthesis of silver–gold alloy nanoparticles

NE Traoré, MJ Uttinger, PC Lopez, D Drobek… - Nanoscale …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Metallic alloy nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit interesting optical, electrical and catalytic
properties, dependent on their size, shape and composition. In particular, silver–gold alloy …

Thermostable protein-stabilized gold nanoclusters as a peroxidase mimic

Ö Akyüz, M Mißun, R Rosenberg, M Scheffner… - Nanoscale …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Protein-stabilized gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are fascinating nanostructures with exciting
properties owing to their ultra-small sizes and functional shell. However, their applications …

Progress in multidimensional particle characterization

U Frank, MJ Uttinger, SE Wawra, C Lübbert… - KONA Powder and …, 2022‏ - jstage.jst.go.jp
The properties of particle ensembles are defined by a complex multidimensional parameter
space, namely particle size, shape, surface, structure, composition and their distributions …