1. Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR (China), Fax: (+852)?2603‐5204;2. Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR (China)
Abstract:
Cores and effect : Water‐dispersible core–shell structures and heterostructures incorporating gold nanocrystals of different shapes (polyhedra, cubes, and rods) and a variety of transition metal sulfide semiconductors (ZnS, CdS, NiS, Ag2S, and CuS) are synthesized using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide‐encapsulated gold nanocrystals and metal thiobenzoates as starting materials.