Abstract
In this presentation, I will give three examples of exotic Au nanostructures that we recently fabricated, including (i) a Au-Pd bimetallic nanostructure through site-specific epitaxial growth of Au-Pd alloy horns at the ends of Au nanorods (Figure a) ;[1](ii)Chiral Gold Nanowires with Boerdijk-Coxeter-Bernal Structure(Figure b);[2] and(iii)an asymmetric Au nanorod-Au nanoparticle dimer structure(Figure [=table here().[ 3] Their synthetic strategies, structural characterization, and applications in heterogeneous catalysis, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and nanophotonics, will be elaborated.