Hydroquinone Based Synthesis of Gold NanorodsSilvia Picciolini 1, Dora Mehn 2, Isaac Ojea-Jiménez 2, Furio Gramatica 1, Carlo Morasso 1
1Labion - Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Clinical Biophotonics, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS (Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation), 2Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP), European Commission Joint Research Centre
This paper describes a protocol for the synthesis of gold nanorods, based on the use of hydroquinone as reducing agent, plus the different mechanisms for controlling their size and aspect ratio.
