Niidome Yasuro, Nishioka Koji, Kawasaki Hideya, Yamada Sunao
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Sep 21(18):2376-7. doi: 10.1039/b307836a.
Combination of chemical reduction of tetrachloroaurate by ascorbic acid and subsequent ultraviolet photoirradiation resulted in the quick generation of gold nanorods quantitatively, with appreciable shape changes as the reaction proceeds.