Zwitterionic vesicles with AuCl4− counterions as soft templates for the synthesis of gold nanoplates and nanospheres†
Abstract
Zwitterionic vesicles with AuCl4− counterions were fabricated for the first time as the soft templates for colloidal synthesis of gold nanostructures; gold nanoplates spontaneously generated at the vesicle bilayers were observed and gold nanospheres were achieved via a stepwise reduction approach.