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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2007, Article ID 98134, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2007/98134 Research Article Formation of Star-Like and Core-Shell AuAg Nanoparticles during Two- and Three-Step Preparation in Batch and in Microfluidic Systems ¨ 1, 2 2 ¨ 3 1 J. Michael Kohler, H. Romanus, U. Hubner, and J. Wagner 1 Institute of Physics, Technical University Ilmenau, PF 100565, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany 2 Institute of Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Technical University Ilmenau, PF 100565, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany 3 Institute for Physical High Technology, 07745 Jena, Germany Received 22 December 2006; Accepted 11 April 2007 Recommended by Berger Shlomo Regular dendrit-like metal nanoparticles and core-shell nanoparticles were formed by the reduction of mixtures of tetrachloroau- rate and silver nitrate solutions with ascorbic acid at room temperature in two- and three-step procedures. The formation of these particles was found in batch experiments as well as in micro flow-through processes using static micromixers. The characteristic diameters of 4-branched star particles were in the range between 60 and 100 nm. The typical particles consist of four metal cores which are embedded in a common shell. Additionally, particles with five and more metallic cores were formed, to some extent, and aggregates of the 4-branched particles also were formed. Larger aggregates and network-like structures of connected star particles were formed after sedimentation. The properties of the formed particles are dependent on the educt concentrations as well as on the order of mixing steps and on the time interval between them. Obviously, the relation of nucleation and particle growth in rela