| Chemical name | Abbreviated name | Molecular formula | Purpose of use | ||||
| Metal precursors | |||||||
| Choloroauric acid |
| HAuCl4∙4H2O | Au precursor | ||||
| Silver Nitrate |
| AgNO3 | Ag precursor | ||||
| Copper Acetate |
| Cu(CH3O2)2 | Cu precursor | ||||
| Silicon precursor | |||||||
| Tetraethylorthosilicate | TEOS | Si(C2H5O)4 | Si precursor | ||||
| Solvents | |||||||
| Water |
| H2O | Solvent, polarity index = 9 | ||||
| Ethanol |
| C2H5OH | Solvent, polarity index = 5.2 | ||||
| Agents | |||||||
| Sodium borhydride |
| (NaBH4). | Reducing agent | ||||
| Trisodium citrate | Na3Ct, citrate | Na3C6H5O7 | Reducing and stabilizing agent | ||||
| Oxalic acid |
| C2H2O4 | Reducing agent | ||||
| Citric acid |
| C2H4O2 | Reducing agent | ||||
| Dimethyl sulfoxide | DMSO | C2H6OS | Redirecting and reducing agent | ||||
| Dimethylformamide | DMF | C3H7NO | Reducing agent | ||||
| Ascorbic acid | A A | C6H8N6O | Reducing agent | ||||
| Polyvinylpyrrolidone | PVP | (C6H9NO)n | Stabilization agent | ||||
| Dextran |
| H(C6H10O5)nOH | Reducing and stabilizing agent | ||||
| Curdlan | Bacterial exopolysaccharide | (C6H10O5)n | Reducing and stabilizing agent | ||||
| Glucose | Sugar | C6H12O6 | Reducing and stabilizing agent | ||||
| 3-Mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane | MPTMS | C6H16O3SSi | Reducing agent | ||||
| Carboxymethyl cellulose sodium | CMS, or cellulose gum | C8H15NaO8 | Reducing and stabilizing agent | ||||
| 11-azidoundecane-1-thiol |
| C11H23N3S | Functionalization agent | ||||
| Maltrose | Malt sugar | C12H22O11 | Reducing and stabilizing agent | ||||
| Sucrose | White sugar | C12H22O11. | Reducing and stabilizing agent | ||||
| Oleylamine | OA or fatty amine | C18H37N | Surfactant agent | ||||
| Cetyl-trimethylammonium bromide | CTAB | C19H42BrN | Surfactant agent | ||||
| Carboxymethyl Chitosan | CMCT | C20H37N3O14 | Reducing and stabilizing agent | ||||