Direct formation of gold nanorods on surfaces using polymer-immobilised gold seeds

• Majid K. Abyaneh,
• Pietro Parisse and
• Loredana Casalis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 809–816, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.72

• techniques such as AFM and SEM have been used to support concept of the proposed growth method. Keywords: atomic force microscopy (AFM); direct surface growth; gold nanorods; nanocomposites; poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA); Introduction Gold nanorods (GNRs) are among the most interesting noble metal one

• given surface. This can be achieved by either direct surface growth or by an indirect distribution approach. In the latter method, pre-synthesised nanorods (NRs) can form a self-assembled structure by means of chemically modified bonding on surfaces [3][4]. In direct surface growth, formation of NRs or

• . To the best of our knowledge, there have been no reports to date of using gold seeds embedded in an organic polymer for direct surface growth of GNRs. Our work provides the experimental proof-of-principle that GNRs can be grown directly on any surfaces pre-coated with a layer of Au–PMMA nanocomposite