Network assembly of gold nanoparticles linked through fluorenyl dithiol bridges

Maurizio Quintiliani, Mauro Bassetti, Chiara Pasquini, Chiara Battocchio, Marco Rossi, Francesco Mura, Roberto Matassa, Maria Vittoria Russo, Ilaria Fratoddi

Journal of Materials Chemistry C · 2014 · 43 citations · 43 references

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Gold nanoparticles stabilized by two novel bifunctional fluorenyl thiols, generated <italic>in situ</italic> from 9,9-didodecyl-2,7-bis(acetylthio)fluorene (<bold>1</bold>) and 9,9-didodecyl-2,7-bis(acetylthiophenylethynyl)fluorene (<bold>2</bold>), exhibit bridged structures which self-assemble in parallel lines.

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