Silver nanoprisms grown into structural colors by high power LEDs

How to chemically synthesize silver nanoparticles, then grow them into triangular nanoprisms with light from a variety of LEDs. Each color LED creates a different size nanoprism, which has its own characteristic color.

CMDITR video:    • Silver Nanoprisms Synthesis  

Multispectral LED driver on Github: https://github.com/benkrasnow/MultiSp...

Chemicals sourced from Amazon/eBay

LR-1 spectrometer: https://www.aseq-instruments.com/LR1....

Micropipette set: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

20ml glass vials with PTFE lined cap (do not use metal-lined): Environmental Express APC1675P Already gone from Amazon

pH pen (this cost more than I remember, but it works really well, and has lasted many years. Cheaper pH pens are often pretty bad) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

Comparison of CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs with electron microscope:
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Great way to find related papers:
https://www.connectedpapers.com/
Research sources:
   • Silver Nanoprisms Synthesis  
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10...
https://sci-hub.se/10.1038/nature01937
https://sci-hub.se/10.1126/science.10...
https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/smll.20080...
https://sci-hub.se/10.1039/b302943c
https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cf...
https://www.rsc.org/suppdata/nr/c4/c4...
https://sci-hub.se/10.1039/C4NR06901C
https://sci-hub.se/10.1155/2018/1781389
https://www.cytodiagnostics.com/pages...

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