Brust method


Definition: A method for synthesising gold nanoparticles from HAuCl4 in non-aqueous solution (e.g. toluene) using tetraoctylammonium bromide as a phase-transfer catalyst and sodium borohydride to reduce Au(III) to Au(0).

ID: CMO:0002629

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Articles referencing this term

Quantum sized, thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters
Rongchao Jin, Nanoscale, 2010 , 2 , 343
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00160c