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Controlled Nucleation for the Regulation of the Particle Size in Monodisperse Gold Suspensions

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MANY properties of colloids and suspensions depend on the particle size. Series of monodisperse suspensions of the same chemical composition but of rather different particle sizes may be used to study particle size dependent phenomena, such as Brownian motion, light scattering, sedimentation and electrophoresis of small particles. We have used such series to demonstrate the increased tendency of metal suspensions to coagulate in the presence of electrolytes as the radius of the particles increases1.

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  1. Frens, G., Kolloid Z., (iri the press).

  2. Turkevich, J., Hillier, J., Stevenson, P. C., Disc. Farad. Soc., 11, 55 (1951).

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FRENS, G. Controlled Nucleation for the Regulation of the Particle Size in Monodisperse Gold Suspensions. Nature Physical Science 241, 20–22 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci241020a0

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