Gold nanospikes formed through a simple electrochemical route with high electrocatalytic and surface enhanced Raman scattering activity
Author(s) -
Blake J. Plowman,
Samuel J. Ippolito,
Vipul Bansal,
Ylias M. Sabri,
Anthony P. O’Mullane,
Suresh K. Bhargava
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/b910830k
Subject(s) - raman scattering , electrochemistry , materials science , electrode , nanotechnology , raman spectroscopy , simple (philosophy) , chemical engineering , chemistry , optics , philosophy , physics , epistemology , engineering
We demonstrate a simple electrochemical route to produce uniformly sized gold nanospikes without the need for a capping agent or prior modification of the electrode surface, which are predominantly oriented in the {111} crystal plane and exhibit promising electrocatalytic and SERS properties.
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