Carbon nanotube anions for the preparation of gold nanoparticle-nanocarbon hybrids

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jan 31;52(9):1934-7. doi: 10.1039/c5cc08726k.

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can be evenly deposited on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) via the reduction of the highly stable complex, chloro(triphenylphosphine) gold(I), with SWCNT anions ('nanotubides'). This methodology highlights the unusual chemistry of nanotubides and provides a blueprint for the generation of many other hybrid nanomaterials.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anions
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanotubes, Carbon*
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Substances

  • Anions
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Gold