Fig. 9.7. Transmission electron micrographs showing
concentration dependent ordering of gold nanorods, taken
from [55]. (a) <1 wt% showing isolated nanorods; some
spherical particles are still present even after centrifugation.
(b) @5–10 wt% showing smectic-like arrays, and
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