Self‐Assembled Monolayer Mediated Silica Coating of Silver Triangular Nanoprisms

Silver core/silica shell (Ag@SiO2) nanoprisms are prepared by passivating silver nanoprism cores with 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA), which prevents their etching and aggregation during the subsequent silica coating reaction. The resulting triangular Ag@SiO2 nanoprisms can be dispersed in organic media, environment in which the bare silver prisms are unstable, and modified with a wide variety of functional groups, including oligonucleotides. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2089/2007/c1506_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.