Epitaxial growth of gold on silver nanoplates for imaging-guided photothermal therapy

[email protected] core-shell structure nanoparticles, integrating the good stability of Au and the high surface plasmon resonance property (LSPR) of Ag have been extensively employed for photothermal therapy. Up to now, their sophisticated synthesis still remains a great challenge due to the galvanic replacement effect. Herein, through introduction of Ag, we demonstrated that the [email protected] core-shell nanoplates were easily synthesized in...