------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset: Dataset associated with 'Controlling the Optical Properties of Gold Nanorods in One-Pot Syntheses’ 2. Author Information: Name: Lucien Roach Institution: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds Address: E.C.Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT Email: lucien.roach@icmcb.cnrs.fr Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Prof Stephen D Evans Institution: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds Address: E.C.Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT Email: s.d.evans@leeds.ac.uk Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information 1. Name: Dr P Louise Coletta Institution: Leeds Institute for Medical Research, University of Leeds Address: Wellcome Trust Brenner Building, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK Email: p.l.coletta@leeds.ac.uk 2. Name: Dr Kevin Critchley Institution: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds Address: E.C.Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT Email: k.critchley@leeds.ac.uk 3. Date of data collection: October 2016 - October 2019 4. Location of data collection: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds Leeds Institute for Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: 1. EPSRC EP/I000623/1 P Louise Coletta 2. EPSRC EP/P023266/1 P Louise Coletta 3. EPSRC EP/S001069/1 P Louise Coletta 4. EPSRC EP/P024041/1 Stephen D Evans 5. EPSRC EP/P005233/1 Kevin Critchley 6. EPSRC EP/T013753/1 Kevin Critchley 7. EPSRC EP/P023266/1 Stephen D Evans 8. EPSRC EP/P00122X/1 Stephen D Evans -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC BY 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c10447 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: n/a 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: n/a 5. Was data derived from another source? no 6. Recommended citation for the data: Roach, L. (2020) Dataset associated with 'Controlling the Optical Properties of Gold Nanorods in One-Pot Syntheses’. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/1082 --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: Figure1_spectra_AgNO3-Concentration.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure 1 B. Filename: Figure2_spectra_HCl-Concentration.xlsxp Short description: Data associated with Figure 2 C. Filename: Figure3_UVvis-Spectra_AA-Concentration.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure 3 D. Filename: Figure4_UVvis-Spectra_NaBH4-Concentration.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure 4 E. Filename: Figure5_Kinetic-UVvis-Spectra_12.5mM-Oleate.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure 5 F. Filename: Figure6_A400-curves.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure 6 G. Filename: FigureS1_A400vsAASconc.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure S1 H. Filename: FigureS2_UVvis-Spectra_AgNO3-Concentration&Time.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure S2 I. Filename: FigureS3_UVvis-Spectra_AA-Concentration&Time.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure S3 J. Filename: FigureS4_Kinetic-UVvis-Spectra_7.5mM-Oleate.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure S4 K. Filename: FigureS5_Kinetic-UVvis-Spectra_17.5mM-Oleate.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure S5 L. Filename: FigureS6_Kinetic-UVvis-Spectra_20mM-Oleate.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure S6 M. Filename: FigureS7_Kinetic-UVvis-Spectra_25mM-Oleate.xlsx Short description: Data associated with Figure S7 N. Filename: FigureS8_TEM_12.5mM-Oleate.zip Short description: Data associated with Figure S8 O. Filename: FigureS9_TEM_17.5mM-Oleate.zip Short description: Data associated with Figure S9 P. Filename: FigureS10_TEM_20mM-Oleate.zip Short description: Data associated with Figure S10 Q. Filename: FigureS11_TEM_25mM-Oleate.zip Short description: Data associated with Figure S11 -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: A. UV–vis spectra Extinction spectra were taken using an Agilent Cary 60 UV-vis-NIR spectrophotometer. B. TEM images and particle sizes TEM images were obtained using a Tecnai G2 Spirit TWIN/BioTWIN with an acceleration voltage of 120kV. TEM samples were prepared by drying ~5 µl of 10× concentrated nanoparticle dispersion (in water) on an amorphous carbon-coated 400-mesh copper grid (Electron Microscopy Services, CF400-Cu) 2. Methods for processing the data: n/a 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: n/a 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: n/a 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: n/a 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: n/a 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: All experiments Lucien Roach Experimental design All authors Funding Acquisition All authors Project Supervision P Louise Coletta, K Critchley, S. D. Evans Manuscript preparation Lucien Roach (edits by all other authors)