Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Gold nanoparticles a renaissance in gold chemistry

  • Published:
Gold Bulletin Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Vapour synthesis techniques have been used to prepare nanoparticulate dispersions of gold and other precious metals in non-aqueous solvents. The dimensions of these solvent-stabilised particles, which can be controlled within the 1–3nm size regime, effectively encompass the areas of molecular chemistry (as typified by high-nuclearity metal clusters) and the smaller colloidal metals. Gold nanoparticles differ from those of the other metals in exhibiting unusual time— and concentration-dependent behaviour. A regime of preparative conditions under which 1–3nm size gold particles, which are stable with respect to aggregation as a function of time, is defined. Some implications for these new developments are indicated.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. R.J. Puddephatt, ‘The Chemistry of Gold’, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1978

    Google Scholar 

  2. D.M.P. Mingos,J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1996, 561, and references therein

  3. M. Faraday,Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 1857,147, 145

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. ‘Colloidal Gold: Principles, Methods and Applications’, ed. M.A. Hayat, Academic Press, San Diego, 1989, Vol 1

    Google Scholar 

  5. See, for example, ‘Clusters and Colloids’, ed. G. Schmid, VCH, Weinheim, 1994

    Google Scholar 

  6. G.A. Ozin, M.P Andrews, C.G. Francis, H.X. Huber and K. Molnar,Inorg. Chem., 1990,29, 1068

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. R.W. Devenish, T. Goulding, B.T. Heaton and R. Whyman,J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1996, 673

  8. W.P. Halperin,Rev. Mod. Phys, 1986,58, 533.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. P.J. Collier, T. Goulding, J.A. Iggo and R. Whyman, ‘Chiral-Reactions in Heterogenous Catalysis’, eds. G. Jannes and V. Dubois, Plenum, New York, 1995, p. 105

    Google Scholar 

  10. G.J. Hutchings, M.R.H. Siddiqui and R. Whyman, to be published

  11. M. Haruta, S. Tsubota, T. Kobayashi, H. Kageyama, M.J. Denet and B. Delmon,J. Catal., 1993,144, 175

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. M. Brust, M. Walker, D. Bethell, D.J. Schiffrin and R. Whyman,J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 801

  13. M. Brust, J. Fink, D. Bethell, D.J. Schiffrin and C. Kiely,J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 1655

  14. D.V. Leff, P.G. Ohara, J.R. Heath and W.M. Gelbert,J. Phys. Chem., 1995,99, 7036

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. R.L. Whetten, J.T. Khoury, M.M. Alvarez, S. Murthy, I. Vezmar, Z.L. Wang, C. Cleveland, W.D. Luedtke and U. Landman,Nature, submitted

  16. R.H. Terrill, T.A. Posdethwaite, C.-H. Chen, C.-D. Poon, A. Terzis, A. Chen, J.E. Hutchison, M.R. Clark, G. Wignall, J.D. Londono, R. Superfine, M. Falvo, C.S. Johnson, E.T. Samulski and R.W. Murray,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995,117, 12537

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK

    Robin Whyman

Authors
  1. Robin Whyman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Whyman, R. Gold nanoparticles a renaissance in gold chemistry. Gold Bull 29, 11–15 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214736

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214736

Keywords

Search

Navigation