Rapid Cationization of Gold Nanoparticles by Two-Step Phase Transfer

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2015-06-26
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en
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4
7990-7993
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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE, Volume 54, issue 27
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Cationic gold nanoparticles offer intriguing opportunities as drug carriers and building blocks for self-assembled systems. Despite major progress on gold nanoparticle research in general, the synthesis of cationic gold particles larger than 5nm remains a major challenge, although these species would give a significantly larger plasmonic response compared to smaller cationic gold nanoparticles. Herein we present the first reported synthesis of cationic gold nanoparticles with tunable sizes between 8-20nm, prepared by a rapid two-step phase-transfer protocol starting from simple citrate-capped particles. These cationic particles form ordered self-assembled structures with negatively charged biological components through electrostatic interactions.
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gold, nanoparticles, phase transfer, self-assembly, surface plasmon resonance, MAMMALIAN-CELLS, CITRATE, SIZE, FUNCTIONALIZATION, DNA, NANOCRYSTALS, REDUCTION, SURFACE, WATER, ACID
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Hassinen , J , Liljeström , V , Kostiainen , M A & Ras , R H A 2015 , ' Rapid Cationization of Gold Nanoparticles by Two-Step Phase Transfer ' , Angewandte Chemie , vol. 54 , no. 27 , pp. 7990-7993 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201503655