CrystEngComm c3ce41524d Surface ligand mediated growth of CuPt nanorods Fengjiao Yu, Xiaoxiang Xu, Christopher J. Baddeley, Ronan M. Bellabarba, Pascal Lignier, Robert P. Tooze, Federica Fina, John S. T. Irvine and Wuzong Zhou* A ligand mediated growth mechanism is proposed for non- orientated 1D assembly of CuPt nanoparticles. Please check this proof carefully. Our staff will not read it in detail after you have returned it. Translation errors between word-processor files and typesetting systems can occur so the whole proof needs to be read. Please pay particular attention to: tabulated material; equations; numerical data; figures and graphics; and refer- ences. If you have not already indicated the corresponding author(s) please mark their name(s) with an asterisk. Please e-mail a list of corrections or the PDF with electronic notes attached – do not change the text within the PDF file or send a revised manuscript. Corrections at this stage should be minor and not involve extensive changes. All corrections must be sent at the same time. Please bear in mind that minor layout improvements, e.g. in line breaking, table widths and graphic placement, are routinely applied to the final version. Please note that, in the typefaces we use, an italic vee looks like this: n, and a Greek nu looks like this: ν. We will publish articles on the web as soon as possible after receiving your corrections; no late corrections will be made. Please return your final corrections, where possible within 48 hours of receipt, by e-mail to: crystengcomm@rsc.org