Solubility of gold nanoparticles as a function of ligand shell and alkane solvent.
Solubility of gold nanoparticles as a function of ligand shell and alkane solvent.
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金纳米粒子的溶解度与配体壳和烷烃溶剂的函数关系。
DOI:
10.1039/c2cp40645d
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发表时间:
2012
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通讯作者:
C. Sorensen
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作者:
B. Lohman;J. Powell;S. Cingarapu;C. Aakeroy;A. Chakrabarti;K. Klabunde;B. Law;C. Sorensen
The solubility of ca. 5.0 nm gold nanoparticles was studied systematically as a function of ligand shell and solvent. The ligands were octane-, decane-, dodecane- and hexadecanethiols; the solvents were the n-alkanes from hexane to hexadecane and toluene. Supernatant concentrations in equilibrium with precipitated superclusters of nanoparticles were measured at room temperature (23 °C) with UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The solubility of nanoparticles ligated with decane- and dodecanethiol was greatest in n-decane and n-dodecane, respectively. In contrast, the solubility of nanoparticles ligated with octane- and hexadecanethiol showed decreasing solubility with increasing solvent chain length. In addition the solubility of the octanethiol ligated system showed a nonmonotonic solvent carbon number functionality with even numbered solvents being better solvents than neighboring odd numbered solvents.