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Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Electron transfer from the benzophenone triplet excited state directs the photochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles†‡

Christopher D. McTiernan,a   Emilio Isaac Alarcon,a   Geniece L. Hallett-Tapley,a   Juliana Murillo-Lopez,b   Ramiro Arratia-Perez,b   Jose Carlos Netto-Ferreiraac  and  Juan C. Scaiano*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
E-mail: scaiano@photo.chem.uottawa.ca

b Faculty of Exact Sciences, Andrés Bello University, Av. República 275, Santiago, Chile

c INMETRO, The Brazilian Institute for Standards and Technology, Santa Alexandrina St, 416, Rio Comprido, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

The rarely recognized electron donating ability of the benzophenone triplet excited state provides an unusual route for the photochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles.

Graphical abstract: Electron transfer from the benzophenone triplet excited state directs the photochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3PP50247C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Jul 2013
Accepted
01 Oct 2013
First published
08 Oct 2013

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2014,13, 149-153

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Electron transfer from the benzophenone triplet excited state directs the photochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles

C. D. McTiernan, E. I. Alarcon, G. L. Hallett-Tapley, J. Murillo-Lopez, R. Arratia-Perez, J. C. Netto-Ferreira and J. C. Scaiano, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2014, 13, 149 DOI: 10.1039/C3PP50247C

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