Issue 9, 2024

Detonation of fulminating gold produces heterogeneous gold nanoparticles

Abstract

Fulminating gold, the first high-explosive compound to be discovered, disintegrates into a mysterious cloud of purple smoke, the nature of which has been speculated upon since its discovery in the 15th century. In this work, we show that the colour of the smoke is due to the presence of gold nanoparticles.

Graphical abstract: Detonation of fulminating gold produces heterogeneous gold nanoparticles

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 dec 2023
Accepted
23 jan 2024
First published
24 jan 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 2231-2233

Detonation of fulminating gold produces heterogeneous gold nanoparticles

J. M. Uszko, S. J. Eichhorn, A. J. Patil and S. R. Hall, Nanoscale Adv., 2024, 6, 2231 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA01110K

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