Multifunctional Fullerene-Mediated Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles

I-Im S. Lim, Jianying Ouyang, Jin Luo, Lingyan Wang, Shuiqin Zhou, Chuan‐Jian Zhong

Chemistry of Materials · 2005 · 38 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Functionalized fullerenes are used as a mediator to assemble citrate-capped gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution. This nanostructured assembly exploits the electrostatic interaction between the negatively charged nanoparticles and the positively charged fullerene.

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