October 9, 2012
Journal Article

Inverse-Micelle-Encapsulated Water-Enabled Bond Breaking of
Dialkyl Diselenide/Disulfide: A Critical Step for Synthesizing High-
Quality Gold Nanoparticles

Abstract

Inverse-micelle-encapsulated water formed in the two-phase Brust-Schiffrin method (BSM) synthesis of Au nanoparticles (NPs) is identified as essential for dialkyl diselenide/disulfide to react with the Au(III) complex in which the Se-Se/S-S bond is broken, leading to formation of higher-quality Au NPs.

Revised: February 6, 2014 | Published: October 9, 2012

Citation

Zaluzhna O., Y. Li, T.C. Allison, and Y.J. Tong. 2012. "Inverse-Micelle-Encapsulated Water-Enabled Bond Breaking of Dialkyl Diselenide/Disulfide: A Critical Step for Synthesizing High- Quality Gold Nanoparticles." Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, no. 43:17991-17996. doi:10.1021/ja3068758