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Template synthesis of gold nanoparticles with an organic molecular cage
Published
Author(s)
Ryan McCaffrey, Hai Long, Yinghua Jin, Aric Sanders, Wounjhang Park, Wei Zhang
Abstract
We report a novel strategy for the controlled synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with narrow size distribution (1.9 plus or minus} 0.4 nm) through NP nucleation and growth inside the cavity of a well-defined three-dimensional, shape-persistent organic molecular cage. Our results show that both a well-defined cage structure and pendant thioether groups pointing inside the cavity are essential for the AuNP synthesis.
McCaffrey, R.
, Long, H.
, Jin, Y.
, Sanders, A.
, Park, W.
and Zhang, W.
(2014),
Template synthesis of gold nanoparticles with an organic molecular cage, Journal of the American Chemical Society, [online], https://doi.org/10.1021/ja412606t, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=915368
(Accessed October 10, 2025)