One-pot synthesis of sub-3 nm gold nanoparticle networks connected by thio-based multidentate fullerene adducts

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Apr 21;51(31):6730-3. doi: 10.1039/c5cc00204d.

Abstract

A new organo-soluble [60]fullerene hexaadduct bearing twelve thiocyanate functions has been synthesized and successfully used as a stabilizing/assembling agent to assemble homogeneous sub-3 nm gold nanoparticles into extended tridimensional networks.