Fréchet-type dendrons-capped gold clusters

  • Di Li
  • , Jinghong Li*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Numerous reports have focused on the poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer-capped gold nanoparticles. However, gold nanoclusters capped by the Fréchet-type dendron are less investigated. In this paper, different sizes of gold nanoparticles stabilized by thiol-terminated generation 1 (G1) Fréchet-type dendrons were synthesized according to the Brust protocol. The optical, electronic properties and thermal stability of the dendrons-stabilized gold nanoparticles were characterized by UV-vis, XPS and DSC, respectively. The size-controlled dendrons-stabilized gold nanoparticles are promising nanoscopic building blocks in the fabrication of supramolecular architectures of next generation of nanodevices and are of great research interested in the bottom-up assembly.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)255-259
Number of pages5
JournalColloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
Volume257-258
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 May 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fréchet-type dendrons
  • Gold nanoparticles

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