The table presents all significant parameter results of the fitting of the EXAFS Au K-edge spectra of AuNR-HQ and AuNR-AA. Here R² is the square residual factor, N the multiplicity factor, R the interatomic distance and σ² the Debye–Waller factor. The symbol * highlights the constrained values. The passive electron reduction factor S₀² = 0.9 and the energy scale shift ΔE₀ = 6.85 eV were kept fixed.

Paths	AuNR-HQ			AuNR-AA
	N	R (Å)	σ 2 (×10−2 Å−2)	N	R (Å)	σ 2 (×10−2 Å−2)
SS1	12*	2.85(1)	0.93(1)	12*	2.85(1)	0.83(1)
SS2	6*	4.01(2)	1.87(3)	6*	3.97(1)	2.35(2)
MS1	48*	4.32(2)	0.36(5)	48*	4.32(1)	0.11(5)
SS3	24*	4.98*	1.34(4)	24*	4.99(2)	1.35(2)
SS4	12*	5.76*	1.25(2)	12*	5.73(4)	2.96(3)
MS2	24*	5.76*	1.33*	24*	5.73(4)	2.34(2)
MS3	12*	5.76*	1.40(6)	12*	5.73(4)	1.71(5)