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N-Heterocyclic carbene-stabilized gold nanoparticles and their assembly into 3D superlattices

Joan Vignolle, T. Don Tilley

Chemical Communications · 2009 · 220 citations · 49 references

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Abstract

The facile one-phase synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene-stabilized gold nanoparticles (NHC-AuNP) by reduction of NHC-gold(I) complexes and their self-assembly into 3D superlattices is presented.

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