Seeded growth synthesis of gold nanorods for photothermal application

In this paper, the gold nanorods (GNRs) were synthesized via a seed-mediated method by using 1-3 nm seeds-in diameter and gold atoms created from the reduced Au3+ ions by ascorbic acid (AA) in the presence of cetyltrimethyl ammonnium bromide (CTAB) as a soft template. The aspect ratio of GNRs as well as growth yield were controlled by adjusting the concentration of Ag+ ions.