Water-soluble amphiphilic gold nanoparticles with structured ligand shells

Oktay Uzun, Ying Hu, Ayush Verma, Suelin Chen, Andrea Centrone, Francesco Stellacci

Chemical Communications · 2007 · 103 citations · 24 references

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Highly water-soluble mixed monolayer protected "rippled" gold nanoparticles were synthesized through a one step reaction with sodium 11-mercaptoundecanesulfonate and octanethiol ligands at various ratios.

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