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RARE METALS Vol. 29, No. 2, Apr 2010, p. 180 DOI: 10.1007/s12598-010-0031-5 Fabrication of gold nanoparticles with different morphologies in HEPES buffer a, b a a a a b CHEN Rong , WU Jiliang , LI Hui , CHENG Gang , LU Zhong , and CHE Chi-Ming a School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Lab of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China b Department of Chemistry and the HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China Received 26 April 2009; received in revised form 15 May 2009; accepted 20 May 2009 © The Nonferrous Metals Society of China and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 Abstract Gold nanoparticles with different morphologies, such as spindle, octahedron, and decahedron were obtained by using different molar ratios of HAuCl4/HEPES in the presence and absence of surfactants at room temperature. These nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), scanning electron microcopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-rays analysis (EDX), and selected area electron diffraction (SAED). The kinetics of the formation of gold nanoparticles in HEPES buffer was studied by UV-visible spectrophotometer. The formation of gold nanoparticles was strongly dependent on the concentration of HEPES and pH value. The surfactants play a crucial role in the size and shape controlled synthesis of gold nanoparti- cles. Keywords: inorganic chemistry; gold nanoparticle; HEPES buffer; surfactant 1. Introduction hydrazine, and dimethyl formamide is the