Cationic liposomes enable shape control in surfactant-free synthesis of biocompatible gold nanorods

• Main Authors: Gudlur, Sushanth, Goyal, Garima, Pradhan, Arpan, Ho, James Chin Shing, Srivastava, Rohit, Liedberg, Bo
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry::Inorganic chemistry::Synthesis; Science::Chemistry::Inorganic chemistry::Metals; Nanorod; Gold
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151931
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Shape-directing agents that promote anisotropic growth are frequently employed in the synthesis of gold nanorods (GNRs), a typical example of which is the surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Owing to their cytotoxicity, surfactant-passivated GNRs have little use in biological applicati...