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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 255-259 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects |
| Volume | 257-258 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 5 May 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Fréchet-type dendrons
- Gold nanoparticles