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Effect of Composition on the Catalytic Properties of Mixed‐Ligand‐Coated Gold Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Ghosh Anirban,
Basak Soubir,
Wunsch Benjamin H.,
Kumar Rajiv,
Stellacci Francesco
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201101821
Subject(s) - catalysis , monolayer , ligand (biochemistry) , molecule , nanoparticle , colloidal gold , catalytic efficiency , chemical engineering , chemistry , composition (language) , materials science , small molecule , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , receptor , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , engineering
Striped catalysts: The effect of composition and structure on the catalytic efficiency of gold nanoparticles protected by a monolayer composed of two types of ligands differing in length (see picture) is reported. By diluting catalytically active ligand molecules with simple catalytically inactive molecules the catalytic efficiency of the particles is enhanced.