Abstract
Solutions of alkanethiol-protected Au nanoparticles undergo a slow aging process over a period of several days, which dramatically reduces their reactivity in a place-exchange reaction with disulfides. This behavior was tentatively attributed to the reorganization of the most reactive binding sites (e.g., defect sites) on the nanoparticle surface.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7780-7781 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 25 |
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| Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2004 |