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Sadiq Z, Safiabadi Tali SH, Hajimiri H, Al-Kassawneh M, Jahanshahi-Anbuhi S. Gold Nanoparticles-Based Colorimetric Assays for Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety Evaluation. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2023:1-36. [PMID: 36629748 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2022.2162331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Recent years have witnessed an exponential increase in the research on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)-based colorimetric sensors to revolutionize point-of-use sensing devices. Hence, this review is compiled focused on current progress in the design and performance parameters of AuNPs-based sensors. The review begins with the characteristics of AuNPs, followed by a brief explanation of synthesis and functionalization methods. Then, the mechanisms of AuNPs-based sensors are comprehensively explained in two broad categories based on the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) characteristics of AuNPs and their peroxidase-like catalytic properties (nanozyme). SPR-based colorimetric sensors further categorize into aggregation, anti-aggregation, etching, growth-mediated, and accumulation-based methods depending on their sensing mechanisms. On the other hand, peroxidase activity-based colorimetric sensors are divided into two methods based on the expression or inhibition of peroxidase-like activity. Next, the analytes in environmental and food samples are classified as inorganic, organic, and biological pollutants, and recent progress in detection of these analytes are reviewed in detail. Finally, conclusions are provided, and future directions are highlighted. Improving the sensitivity, reproducibility, multiplexing capabilities, and cost-effectiveness for colorimetric detection of various analytes in environment and food matrices will have significant impact on fast testing of hazardous substances, hence reducing the pollution load in environment as well as rendering food contamination to ensure food safety.
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- Zubi Sadiq
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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The beauty of binary phases: A facile strategy for synthesis, processing, functionalization, and application of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kawawaki T, Ebina A, Hosokawa Y, Ozaki S, Suzuki D, Hossain S, Negishi Y. Thiolate-Protected Metal Nanoclusters: Recent Development in Synthesis, Understanding of Reaction, and Application in Energy and Environmental Field. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2005328. [PMID: 33522090 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202005328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Metal nanoclusters (NCs), which are composed of about 250 or fewer metal atoms, possess great potential as novel functional materials. Fundamental research on metal NCs gradually started in the 1960s, and since 2000, thiolate (SR)-protected metal NCs have been the main metal NCs actively studied. The precise and systematic isolation of SR-protected metal NCs has been achieved in 2005. Since then, research on SR-protected metal NCs for both basic science and practical application has rapidly expanded. This review describes this recent progress in the field of SR-protected metal NCs in three areas: synthesis, understanding, and application. Specifically, the recent study of alloy NCs and connected structures composed of NCs is highlighted in the "synthesis" section, recent knowledge on the reactivity of NCs in solution is highlighted in the "understanding" section, and the applications of NCs in the energy and environmental field are highlighted in the "application" section. This review provides insight on the current state of research on SR-protected metal NCs and discusses the challenges to be overcome for further development in this field as well as the possibilities that these materials can contribute to solving the problems facing modern society.
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- Tokuhisa Kawawaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
- Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
- Photocatalysis International Research Center, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
- Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
- Photocatalysis International Research Center, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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Eswaramoorthy SK, Dass A. Digestive ripening yields atomically precise Au nanomolecules. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj04042a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Atomically precise Au nanomolecules yielded through digestive ripening establishes that regardless of the pathway, both DR and Brust methods lead to the formation of atomic precise Au NMs.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA
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Dou X, Wang X, Qian S, Liu N, Yuan X. From understanding the roles of tetraoctylammonium bromide in the two-phase Brust-Schiffrin method to tuning the size of gold nanoclusters. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:19855-19860. [PMID: 32970050 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr04439c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The two-phase Brust-Schiffrin (B-S) method has been widely used for synthesizing small-sized Au nanoparticles (NPs) of size 2-6 nm, as well as Au nanoclusters (NCs) of size <2 nm. However, size tuning of Au NCs at the atomic level by this method is challenging probably due to a lack of in-depth understanding of its mechanism. Herein, we report the identification of two roles of tetraoctylammonium bromide (TOAB) in the two-phase B-S method: TOAB not only transfers Au(iii) precursors but also transfers the reducing agent NaBH4 from the aqueous to the organic phase. On this basis, we developed a novel two-phase synthetic strategy by decoupling the roles of the TOAB: (1) using the hydrophobic selenolate ligand to transfer Au(iii) precursors from the aqueous to the organic phase via the formation of selenolate-Au(i) complexes and (2) deploying a small amount of TOAB as "shuttles" to transfer NaBH4 into the organic phase for controlled reduction of selenolate-Au(i) complexes in organic phase. Using this strategy, size tuning of Au NCs at the atomic level could be achieved by simply varying the amount of TOAB. The high yields of Au NCs (≥76%) together with the short synthetic time (≤3 h) and size-tuning capability further illustrate the attractiveness of this synthetic strategy. These advantages also present the classical B-S method with greater strength and flexibility towards NC synthesis.
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- Xinyue Dou
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China.
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Cai Y, Zhang Y, Ji S, Ye Y, Wu S, Liu J, Chen S, Liang C. Laser ablation in liquids for the assembly of Se@Au chain-oligomers with long-term stability for photothermal inhibition of tumor cells. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 566:284-295. [PMID: 32007739 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.01.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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For the potential use of Au nanoparticles (NPs) in photothermal therapy, it is important and effective to achieve the uniaxial assembly of Au NPs to allow enhanced absorption in the near infrared (NIR) region. Herein, we first presented the construction of amorphous selenium encapsulated gold (Se@Au) chain-oligomers by successive laser ablation of Au and Se targets in sodium chloride solution without other toxic precursors, stabilizers, or templating molecules. Se@Au chain-oligomers showed evidently enhanced NIR absorption and excellent photothermal transduction efficiency (η), which was higher than 47% at 808 nm. After being stored for 1 year, the Se@Au colloids still exhibited outstanding photothermal performance. The cytotoxicity assay demonstrated that there is negligible toxicity of Se@Au chain-oligomers in cells, but cell viability declined to only 1% in phototherapeutic experiments that were implemented in vitro. In intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generation measurements, Se@Au chain-oligomers could trigger a 35.9% increment of ROS upon laser irradiation. The possible synergetic effects between the anticancer function of Se and photothermal behaviors of Se@Au oligomers were intended to increase ROS level in cells. Therefore, such designed Se@Au chain-oligomers of high stability exhibit promising potential for their use as in vivo photothermal therapeutic agents.
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- Yunyu Cai
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China.
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- Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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“Gold rush” in modern science: Fabrication strategies and typical advanced applications of gold nanoparticles in sensing. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Booth SG, Uehara A, Chang SY, La Fontaine C, Fujii T, Okamoto Y, Imai T, Schroeder SLM, Dryfe RAW. The significance of bromide in the Brust-Schiffrin synthesis of thiol protected gold nanoparticles. Chem Sci 2017; 8:7954-7962. [PMID: 29568441 PMCID: PMC5851337 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03266h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The mechanism of the two-phase Brust-Schiffrin synthesis of alkane thiol protected metal nanoparticles is known to be highly sensitive to the precursor species and reactant conditions. In this work X-ray absorption spectroscopy is used in conjunction with liquid/liquid electrochemistry to highlight the significance of Br- in the reaction mechanism. The species [AuBr4]- is shown to be a preferable precursor in the Brust-Schiffrin method as it is more resistant to the formation of Au(i) thiolate species than [AuCl4]-. Previous literature has demonstrated that avoidance of the Au(i) thiolate is critical to achieving a good yield of nanoparticles, as [Au(i)X2]- species are more readily reduced by NaBH4. We propose that the observed behavior of [AuBr4]- species described herein explains the discrepancies in reported behavior present in the literature to date. This new mechanistic understanding should enable nanoparticle synthesis with a higher yield and reduce particle size polydispersity.
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- S G Booth
- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- Division of Nuclear Engineering Science , Research Reactor Institute , Kyoto University , Kumatori , Sennan , Osaka 590-0494 , Japan .
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd. , Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , UK
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- Synchrotron Soleil , L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48 , 91192 , Gif-sur-Yvette , France
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- Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering , Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center , Japan Atomic Energy Agency , 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai , Naka , Ibaraki 319-1195 , Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry , Faculty of Science and Technology , Ryukoku University , Otsu , Shiga 520-2194 , Japan
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd. , Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , UK.,School of Chemical and Process Engineering , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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Competition of van der Waals and chemical forces on gold–sulfur surfaces and nanoparticles. Nat Rev Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1038/s41570-017-0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Azubel M, Kornberg RD. Synthesis of Water-Soluble, Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanoparticles Uniform in Size. NANO LETTERS 2016; 16:3348-3351. [PMID: 27042759 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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By a modification of the method of Brust et al., water-soluble, thiolate-protected gold nanoparticles that are uniform in size were synthesized with no requirement for purification. The modification of the method was equilibration in the first step, which proved crucial for achieving size homogeneity. The thiol-to-gold ratio controlled the size of the particles, and the choice of thiol controlled the reactivity of the particles toward thiol exchange.
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- Maia Azubel
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Wu L, Zhou J, Xu H. Room temperature ionic liquid assisted synthesis of ultra-stable Au nanoparticles via a modified Brust–Schiffrin method. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra17663a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Perala SRK, Kumar S. On the mechanism of phase transfer catalysis in Brust-schiffrin synthesis of metal nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:14756-14762. [PMID: 24215516 DOI: 10.1021/la403652k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The two-phase Brust-Schiffrin method (BSM) is used to synthesize highly stable nanoparticles of noble metals. A phase transfer catalyst (PTC) is used to bring in aqueous phase soluble precursors into the organic phase to enable particle synthesis there. Two different mechanisms for phase transfer are advanced in the literature. The first mechanism considers PTC to bring in an aqueous phase soluble precursor by complexing with it. The second mechanism considers the ionic species to be contained in inverse micelles of PTC, with a water core inside. A comprehensive experimental study involving measurement of interfacial tension, viscosity, water content by Karl-Fischer titration, static light scattering, (1)H NMR, and small-angle X-ray scattering is reported in this work to establish that the phase transfer catalyst tetraoctylammonium bromide transfers ions by complexing with them, instead of encapsulating them in inverse micelles. The findings have implications for particle synthesis in two-phase methods such as BSM and their modification to produce more monodispersed particles.
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Zaluzhna O, Li Y, Allison TC, Tong YJ. Inverse-Micelle-Encapsulated Water-Enabled Bond Breaking of Dialkyl Diselenide/Disulfide: A Critical Step for Synthesizing High-Quality Gold Nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:17991-6. [DOI: 10.1021/ja3068758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Oksana Zaluzhna
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington,
D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington,
D.C. 20057, United States
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899-8320, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington,
D.C. 20057, United States
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Zaluzhna O, Zangmeister C, Tong YJ. Synthesis of Au and Ag nanoparticles with alkylselenocyanates. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra20729j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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