The influence of the chain length and the functional group steric accessibility of thiols on the phase transfer efficiency of gold nanoparticles from water to toluene

• Authors: Katarzyna Soliwoda , Emilia Tomaszewska , Beata Tkacz-Szczesna , Marcin Rosowski , Grzegorz Celichowski , Jaroslaw Grobelny
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper describes the influence of the chain length and the functional group steric accessibility of thiols modifiers on the phase transfer process efficiency of water synthesized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to toluene. The following thiols were tested: 1-decanethiol, 1,1-dimethyldecanethiol, 1-dodecanethiol, 1-tetradecanethiol and 1-oktadecanethiol. Nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized in water were precisely characterized before the phase transfer process using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The optical properties of AuNPs before and after the phase transfer were studied by the UV-Vis spectroscopy. Additionally, the particle size and size distribution before and after the phase transfer of nanoparticles were investigated using Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS). It turned out that the modification of NPs surface was not effective in the case of 1,1-dimethyldecanethiol, probably because of the difficult steric accessibility of the thiol functional group to NPs surface. Consequently, the effective phase transfer of AuNPs from water to toluene did not occur. In toluene the most stable were nanoparticles modified with 1-decanethiol, 1-dodecanethiol and 1-tetradecanethiol.

Keywords

EN

gold nanoparticles; phase transfer; thiols; 1-decanethiol; 1,1-dimethyldecanethiol; 1-dodecanethiol; 1-oktadecanethiol; 1-tetradecanethiol

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 86-91

Dates

published

1 - 03 - 2014

online

25 - 03 - 2014

Contributors

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Katarzyna Soliwoda

• University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Materials Technology and Chemistry, Pomorska 163, 90-236 Lodz, Poland

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Emilia Tomaszewska

• University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Materials Technology and Chemistry, Pomorska 163, 90-236 Lodz, Poland

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Beata Tkacz-Szczesna

• University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Materials Technology and Chemistry, Pomorska 163, 90-236 Lodz, Poland

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Marcin Rosowski

• University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Materials Technology and Chemistry, Pomorska 163, 90-236 Lodz, Poland

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Grzegorz Celichowski

• University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Materials Technology and Chemistry, Pomorska 163, 90-236 Lodz, Poland

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Jaroslaw Grobelny

• University of Lodz, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Materials Technology and Chemistry, Pomorska 163, 90-236 Lodz, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjct-2014-0015