Journal
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 1066-1075Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04406
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Funding
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) [MAT2012-33330]
- Catalan Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) [2014-SGR-612]
- European Community [INFRA-2010-262163, FP7-NMP-2013-LARGE-7]
- MINECO through the Ramon y Cajal program [RYC-2012- 10991]
- European Commission [322153-MINE]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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Highly monodisperse, biocompatible and functionalizable sub-10-nm citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) have been synthesized following a kinetically controlled seeded-growth strategy. The use of traces of tannic acid together with an excess of sodium citrate during nucleation is fundamental in the formation of a high number (7 x 10(13) NPs/mL) of small similar to 3.5 nrn Au seeds with a very narrow distribution. A homogeneous nanometric growth of these seeds is then achieved by adjusting the reaction parameters: pH, temperature, sodium citrate concentration and gold precursor to seed ratio. We use this method to produce Au NPs with a precise control over their sizes between 3.5 and 10 nm and a versatile surface chemistry allowing studying the size-dependent optical properties in this transition size regime lying between clusters and nanoparticles. Interestingly, an inflection point is observed for Au NPs smaller than 8 nm in which the sensitivity of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peak position as a functionof NPs size and surface modifications dramatically increase. These studies are relevant in the design of the final selectivity, activity and compatibility of Au NPs, especially in those (bio)applications where size is a critical parameter (e.g., biodistribution, multiplex labeling, and protein interaction).
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