This manuscript describes a reversible wet chemical process for the tip-selective one-dimensional (1D) growth and dissolution of gold nanorods (AuNRs) and gold nanowires (AuNWs). Tip-selective dissolution was achieved by oxidation of AuNRs with a Au(III)/CTAB complex, whereas the growth of AuNRs was carried out by the reduction of Au(I) ions on the AuNR surface with a mild reducing agent, ascorbic acid (AA). Both the dissolution and growth processes are highly tip selective and proceed…