Issue 54, 2018

On the non-innocence of the imidazolium cation in a rapid microwave synthesis of oleylamine-capped gold nanoparticles in an ionic liquid

Abstract

We report a very fast (10–30 s) microwave method to prepare oleylamine-capped, monodisperse ca. 8–11 nm gold nanoparticles in an ionic liquid. A pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquid proved an excellent medium for the task whereas, despite their popularity in nanosynthesis, imidazolium ionic liquids gave no colloidally-stable gold nanoparticles in an otherwise identical reaction.

Graphical abstract: On the non-innocence of the imidazolium cation in a rapid microwave synthesis of oleylamine-capped gold nanoparticles in an ionic liquid

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Apr 2018
Accepted
13 Jun 2018
First published
21 Jun 2018

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 7523-7526

On the non-innocence of the imidazolium cation in a rapid microwave synthesis of oleylamine-capped gold nanoparticles in an ionic liquid

N. Bhawawet, J. B. Essner, J. L. Atwood and G. A. Baker, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 7523 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC03150A

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