Method for Polymer Coating and Functionalization of Metal Nanorods

摘要

The present invention relates to polymers and their use in coating metal nanorods (especially gold nanorods), and to the coated nanorods compositions. In particular, the invention relates to a process for forming cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-coated gold nanorods and to such coated nanorods that additionally comprise an external cross-linked polymer coating.