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Chemistry

Hydroquinone Based Synthesis of Gold Nanorods

Silvia Picciolini¹, Dora Mehn², Isaac Ojea-Jiménez², Furio Gramatica¹, Carlo Morasso¹

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.