Issue 14, 2012

Ultrafast, 2 min synthesis of monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters (d < 2 nm)

Abstract

An ultrafast synthesis method is presented for hexanethiolate-coated gold nanoclusters (d < 2 nm, <250 atoms per nanocluster), which takes only 2 min and can be easily reproduced. With two immiscible solvents, gold nanoclusters are separated from the reaction byproducts fast and easily without any need for post-synthesis cleaning.

Graphical abstract: Ultrafast, 2 min synthesis of monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters (d < 2 nm)

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Apr 2012
Accepted
28 May 2012
First published
31 May 2012

Nanoscale, 2012,4, 4091-4094

Ultrafast, 2 min synthesis of monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters (d < 2 nm)

M. N. Martin, D. Li, A. Dass and S. Eah, Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4091 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30890H

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