Fabrication of nanorods (NRs) composed of a cationic Au(I) complex was demonstrated by means of the solution-injection method. A colloidal solution of the NRs showed brilliant bluish green photoluminescence with a quantum yield as high as 58%. The NRs were found to be 100-400 nm in width and 3-5 mu m in length by transmission electron microscopy observations. Pattern formation of the NRs was achieved successfully after a selective electrophoretic deposition onto an indium tin oxide coated glass substrate, which maintains a relatively high luminescence quantum yield. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V.