Abstract
N-Heterocyclic carbene coated Au and Pd nanoparticles have been prepared by a ligand exchange reaction; although carbenes quantitatively displaced the thioether and phosphine ligands from the nanoparticle surface, the resultant nanoparticles spontaneously leached metal complexes and aggregated in solution.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1837-1840 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | New Journal of Chemistry |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Early online date | 30 Mar 2009 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 |