Current methods for synthesis of gold nanoparticles

Figures & data

Figure 1. AuNP synthesis using the Turkevich method. Zhao, Pengxiang, Na Li, and Didier Astruc. “State of the art in gold nanoparticle synthesis.” Coordination Chemistry Reviews 257, no. 3 (2013): 638–665.

Figure 2. Direct and inverse sequence of reagent addition. Ojea-Jiménez, Isaac, Neus G. Bastús, and Victor Puntes: “Influence of the sequence of the reagent addition in the citrate-mediated synthesis of gold nanoparticles.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, no. 32 (2011): 15752–15757.

Figure 3. Scheme of the electrochemical system for synthesizing gold nanoparticles. Huang, Chien-Jung, Pin-Hsiang Chiu, Yeong-Her Wang, Kan-Lin Chen, Jing-Jenn Linn, and Cheng-Fu Yang. “Electrochemically controlling the size of gold nanoparticles.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 153, no. 12 (2006): D193–D198.

Figure 4. Growth mechanism of gold nanoparticles. Stanglmair, Christoph, Sebastian P. Scheeler, and Claudia Pacholski. “Seeding Growth Approach to Gold Nanoparticles with Diameters Ranging from 10 to 80 Nanometers in Organic Solvent.” European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2014, no. 23 (2014): 3633–3637.

Figure 5. Molecular structures of QAILs and stabilized gold nanoparticles (Huang et al. 2011).

Figure 6. Synthesis of AuNPs modified with ionic liquid based on the imidazolium cation (Itoh et al. 2004).

Figure 7. Sonochemical reduction of Au(III) in the presence of an organic additive (Okitsu et al. 2005). Okitsu, Kenji, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, and Franz Grieser. “Sonochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles: effects of ultrasound frequency.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109, no. 44 (2005): 20673–20675.

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