On the Importance of Fresh Stock Solutions for Surfactant-Free Colloidal Syntheses of Gold Nanoparticles in Alkaline Alcohol and Water Mixtures

A room temperature surfactant-free synthesis of gold nanoparticles in the size range 10–20 nm that only requires HAuCl<sub>4</sub> as the precursor, NaOH as the base, water as the solvent and a mono-alcohol such as methanol or ethanol as the reducing agent, has recently been detailed. Th...

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Main Author: Jonathan Quinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Inorganics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/11/4/140