Issue 1, 2007
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New Journal of Chemistry

Stabilization of terpyridine covered gold nanoparticles by metal ions complexation

Marco Montalti,*a   Luca Prodi,a   Nelsi Zaccheroni,a   Matteo Beltrame,a   Tamara Morottib  and  Silvio Quicib  

* Corresponding authors

a Chemistry Department “G. Ciamician”, Latemar Unit, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, Bologna, Italy
E-mail: marco.montalti2@unibo.it
Fax: +39-051 2099456

b CNR—Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via C. Golgi 19, Milano, Italy

Abstract

The introduction of 1, a thiol presenting a terpyridine ligand, on the surface of weakly stabilized nanoparticles leads, at high concentration of this capping agent, to the aggregation of the gold clusters. This behaviour is due to the weak, but not negligible interaction of the terpyridine moiety with the metal surface, an interaction that becomes relevant at high concentrations of 1 on the surface, when several units can cooperate in interlinking the nanoparticles. To avoid this effect, we have investigated the complexation of zinc by the terpyridine derivative bound to gold nanoclusters, in excess of metal ion and in the presence of coordinating anions, as a powerful tool for the stabilization of gold nanoparticles. In this context, anions, such as bromide, showed to play an important role in this processes; the use of anions containing desired functions can than be a very versatile strategy to obtain new enriched nanoparticles.

Graphical abstract: Stabilization of terpyridine covered gold nanoparticles by metal ions complexation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B600339G
Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Jan 2006
Accepted
05 Sep 2006
First published
16 Oct 2006

New J. Chem., 2007,31, 102-108

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Stabilization of terpyridine covered gold nanoparticles by metal ions complexation

M. Montalti, L. Prodi, N. Zaccheroni, M. Beltrame, T. Morotti and S. Quici, New J. Chem., 2007, 31, 102 DOI: 10.1039/B600339G

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