This article provides an overview of current research into the synthesis and properties of
gold nanorods. Interest in rod-shaped nanoparticles stems from their unique optical …

Gold nanorods have received much attention due to their unique optical and electronic
properties which are dependent on their shape, size, and aspect ratio. This article covers in …

Gold nanorods exhibit optical properties that are tunable with their shape, leading to
sensing, imaging, and biomedical therapeutic applications. Colloidal preparations of gold …

Gold nanorods have garnered a great deal of scientific interest because of their unique
optical properties, and they have the potential to greatly impact many areas of science and …

Noble metal nanoparticles are capable of confining resonant photons in such a manner as
to induce coherent surface plasmon oscillation of their conduction band electrons, a …

This feature article highlights work from the authors' laboratories on the synthesis, assembly,
reactivity, and optical applications of metallic nanoparticles of nonspherical shape …

Gold nanorods prepared by a seed-mediated growth approach use∼ 4-nm gold
nanospheres as the seeds and subsequent reduction of metal salt with a weak reducing …

Rod-shaped gold nanoparticles ('nanorods') have recently attracted widespread attention
due to their unique optical properties and facile synthesis. In particular, they can support a …

Non-spherical gold nanoparticles such as rods (short, long)(1, 2), wires, cubes (3),
nanocages (4),(multi-) concentric shells (5), triangular prisms (6–7), as well as other more …

Gold nanorods have been receiving extensive attention owing to their extremely attractive
applications in biomedical technologies, plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies, and optical …