A series of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) stabilized by monodentate, bidentate, and tridentate thiolate calix[n]arene ligands 1-3 was prepared by using the Brust Schiffrin two-phase direct synthesis and characterized with NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The experimental data show that the particular multidentate structure of calix[n]arene derivatives 2 and 3 introduces a control element in the preparation of the gold nanoparticles that allows, in the particular experimental conditions here reported, to obtain very small (approximate to 1 nm) AuNPs. These are the first experimental findings that identify a role of ligand "denticity" in the determination of the nuclearity of nanoparticles.
The Effect of Ligand Denticity in Size-Selective Synthesis of Calix[n]arene-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: A Multitechnique Approach / Pescatori, Luca; Boccia, Alice; Flavio, Ciesa; Francesca, Rossi; Vincenzo, Grillo; Arturo, Arduini; Andrea, Pochini; Zanoni, Robertino; Andrea, Secchi. - In: CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL. - ISSN 0947-6539. - STAMPA. - 16:36(2010), pp. 11089-11099. [10.1002/chem.201001039]
The Effect of Ligand Denticity in Size-Selective Synthesis of Calix[n]arene-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: A Multitechnique Approach
PESCATORI, LUCA;BOCCIA, ALICE;ZANONI, Robertino;
2010
Abstract
A series of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) stabilized by monodentate, bidentate, and tridentate thiolate calix[n]arene ligands 1-3 was prepared by using the Brust Schiffrin two-phase direct synthesis and characterized with NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The experimental data show that the particular multidentate structure of calix[n]arene derivatives 2 and 3 introduces a control element in the preparation of the gold nanoparticles that allows, in the particular experimental conditions here reported, to obtain very small (approximate to 1 nm) AuNPs. These are the first experimental findings that identify a role of ligand "denticity" in the determination of the nuclearity of nanoparticles.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.