Alkyl and Aromatic Amines as Digestive Ripening/Size Focusing Agents for Gold Nanoparticles

Alkyl and Aromatic Amines as Digestive Ripening/Size Focusing Agents for Gold Nanoparticles

Both long chain alkyl thiols and alkyl amines behave as size focusing agents for gold nanoparticles, a process that is under thermodynamic control. However, amines do not oxidize surface gold atoms while thiols do oxidize surface gold to gold(I) with evolution of hydrogen gas. Therefore, alkyl amine...

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Main Authors: Christopher Sorensen, Kenneth J. Klabunde, Deepa Jose, Yijun Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-07-01
Series:Nanomaterials
Subjects:
amines
gold nanoparticles
inverse micelle
metal vaporization
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/3/3/370

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