Colloid-roughened surfaces as templates for the heterogeneous nucleation of lepidocrocite γ-FeO(OH) nanoparticles

Abstract

Lepidocrocite γ-FeO(OH) crystals can be specifically nucleated by sulfonate-terminated SAM/gold surfaces from solutions at room temperature; previously ‘roughening’ the gold surface through the tethering of gold colloids increases yields.

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