Issue 4, 2003
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Chemical Communications

Purification of dodecanethiol derivatised gold nanoparticles

Cecilia A. Waters,a   Allan J. Mills,a   Kathleen A. Johnsona  and  David J. Schiffrin*a  

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a Centre for Nanoscale Science, Department of Chemistry, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
E-mail: d.j.schiffrin@liv.ac.uk
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Abstract

Monolayer protected gold nanoparticles synthesised by a two-phase method contain a significant amount of tetraoctylammonium bromide (TOABr), the quaternary ammonium salt used as the phase transfer reagent, as a persistently retained impurity. A simple purification protocol is described.

Graphical abstract: Purification of dodecanethiol derivatised gold nanoparticles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B211874B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Dec 2002
Accepted
09 Jan 2003
First published
27 Jan 2003

Chem. Commun., 2003, 540-541

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Purification of dodecanethiol derivatised gold nanoparticles

C. A. Waters, A. J. Mills, K. A. Johnson and D. J. Schiffrin, Chem. Commun., 2003, 540 DOI: 10.1039/B211874B

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