Sulfur K-edge XANES study of dihydrolipoic acid capped gold nanoparticles: dihydrolipoic acid is bound by both sulfur ends

Bruno Garcia; Murielle Salome; Laurence Lemelle; Jean-Luc Bridot; Phillipe Gillet; Pascal Perriat; Stephane Roux; Olivier Tillement

doi:10.1039/b411231h

Sulfur K-edge XANES study of dihydrolipoic acid capped gold nanoparticles: dihydrolipoic acid is bound by both sulfur ends

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Jan 21:(3):369-71. doi: 10.1039/b411231h. Epub 2004 Nov 30.

Authors

Bruno Garcia¹, Murielle Salome, Laurence Lemelle, Jean-Luc Bridot, Phillipe Gillet, Pascal Perriat, Stephane Roux, Olivier Tillement

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux Luminescents, UMR CNRS 5620, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Domaine Scientifique de la Doua, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.

PMID: 15645040
DOI: 10.1039/b411231h

Abstract

Dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) capped gold nanoparticles (Au@DHLA) are characterized in solid and liquid states by sulfur K-edge XANES spectroscopy; it clearly shows that DHLA is anchored to gold thanks to both sulfur ends.