Elemental sulfur as a reactive medium for gold nanoparticles and nanocomposite materials

Woo Jin Chung, Adam G. Simmonds, Jared J. Griebel, Eui Tae Kim, Hyo Seon Suh, In Bo Shim, Richard S. Glass, Douglas A. Loy, Patrick Theato, Yung Eun Sung, Kookheon Char, Jeffrey Pyun

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Abstract

Get yellow: The utilization of elemental sulfur as an unconventional medium for the synthesis and stabilization of colloidal gold is reported. In this system, sulfur serves multiple functions to sulfurate PPh3, solubilize and reduce AuI precursors into Au nanoparticles (NPs; see picture). Direct vulcanization of sulfur dispersions of AuNPs afforded cross-linked nanocomposites as confirmed by TEM, XRD, XPS, and Raman spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11409-11412
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 25 2011

Keywords

  • nanocomposites
  • nanoparticles
  • sulfur

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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