%0 Journal Article %J Journal of Physical Chemistry B %D 2000 %T Surface reconstruction of the unstable 110 surface in gold nanorods %A Wang, Z.L. %A Gao, R. P. %A Nikoobakht, Babak %A El-Sayed, Mostafa A %X Gold nanorods prepared electrochemically and capped in micelles are examined using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM), It is found that they have an axial growth direction of [001] and have surfaces made of {100} and the unstable {110} facets. A detailed examination of the defect sites of both of these facets shows that while the defective regions of the stable {100} facets show atom-height steps with no reconstruction, the less stable higher energy {110} surfaces show missing-row reconstruction. The role of micelles in stabilizing the {110} facet in the gold nanorod is briefly discussed. %B Journal of Physical Chemistry B %V 104 %P 5417-5420 %8 Jun %@ 1089-5647 %G eng %M WOS:000087779300005 %R 10.1021/jp000800w