High yield seedless synthesis of mini gold nanorods: partial silver decoupling allows effective nanorod elongation with tunable surface plasmon resonance beyond 1000 nm and CTAB-free functional coating for mTHPC conjugation

Abstract

This work reports on the one-pot synthesis of mini (d < 10 nm) gold nanorods, their effective elongation via a partial silver decoupling method to achieve a longitudinal SPR of >1000 nm and CTAB-free functional coating with mTHPC conjugation.