Template synthesis of polymer-insulated colloidal gold nanowires with reactive endsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: colour versions of Scheme 1 and Figs. 1 and 2. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b007999p/
Abstract
Alternate adsorption of anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes creates smooth organic films on the walls of template-grown Au nanowires, which can be made chemically reactive on their ends by removal of a sacrificial Ag layer.