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Consecutive synthesis of gold nanobipyramids with controllable morphologies using a microfluidic platform

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We report a microfluidic chip designed and fabricated for the consecutive synthesis of gold nanobipyramids (Au NBPs) with controllable morphology. The seed-mediated method is employed to synthesize Au NBPs in an S-shaped micromixer. Under sufficient mixing and precise flow rate control of various reactants during microfluidic synthesis, Au NBPs with various aspect ratios can be obtained through this microfluidic platform. The dependence of reactant concentration on the morphology of synthesized Au NBPs is studied by changing the flow rate of silver nitrate (AgNO3), ascorbic acid (AA) and gold seed in microchannel respectively, analytical simulation is performed to validate the control mechanism during Au NBPs synthesis in a microchannel.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Xiuqing Gong for technical assistance. The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11604295, Grant No. 61705197, Grant No. 21775101) and Shanghai Pujiang Program (17PJ1402800).

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China

    Ziran Ye, Ke Wang, Meinan Lou, Xiqian Jia & Fengyun Xu

  2. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Gaoxiang Ye

  3. Center for Optics and Optoelectronics Research (COOR), Collaborative Innovation Center for Information Technology in Biological and Medical Physics, College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China

    Ziran Ye

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Ye, Z., Wang, K., Lou, M. et al. Consecutive synthesis of gold nanobipyramids with controllable morphologies using a microfluidic platform. Microfluid Nanofluid 24, 38 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-020-02345-3

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