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Block copolymer mediated deposition of metal nanoparticles on germanium nanowires.

Department of Chemistry, and National Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Chemical Communications (impact factor: 6.17). 04/2007; DOI:10.1039/b616883c pp.1438-40
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ABSTRACT Galvanic displacement, mediated by a diblock copolymer, leads to deposition of well dispersed gold and silver nanoparticles on germanium nanowires.

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Keywords

diblock copolymer
 
Galvanic displacement
 
silver nanoparticles