Issue 9, 2017

Facile synthesis of stable, water soluble, dendron-coated gold nanoparticles

Abstract

Upon reduction with sodium borohydride, diazonium tetrachloroaurate salts of triazine dendrons yield dendron-coated gold nanoparticles connected by a gold–carbon bond. These robust nanoparticles are stable in water and toluene solutions for longer than one year and present surface groups that can be reacted to change surface chemistry and manipulate solubility. Molecular modeling was used to provide insight on the hydration of the nanoparticles and their observed solubilties.

Graphical abstract: Facile synthesis of stable, water soluble, dendron-coated gold nanoparticles

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Dec 2016
Accepted
29 Jan 2017
First published
30 Jan 2017

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 3128-3132

Facile synthesis of stable, water soluble, dendron-coated gold nanoparticles

A. E. Enciso, G. Doni, R. Nifosì, F. Palazzesi, R. Gonzalez, A. A. Ellsworth, J. L. Coffer, A. V. Walker, G. M. Pavan, A. A. Mohamed and E. E. Simanek, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 3128 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR09679D

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