journal article·2025-11

Seedless synthesis of high-quality gold nanorods with highly tunable surface plasmon resonance wavelength

Zhiwen Jiang, Feifei Chen, Yuyang Guo, Yanjun Mo, Anhua Wei, Qingqing Xiang, Qianwei Tang, Hua Yao, Zihua Wu

Applied Physics A· Volume 131· Issue 11
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