Hydroxylated dendrimer-stabilized gold and silver nanoparticles: Spontaneous formation, characterization, and surface properties

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-314

  Shen, Mingwu ^a   Sun, Kai ^b   Shi, Xiangyang ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; Gold nanoparticles; Hydroxylation; Silver nanoparticles; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER GENERATION; FACILE SYNTHESIS; GLYCIDOL; GOLD AND SILVER NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYDROXYL-TERMINATED; PAMAM DENDRIMER; POLYAMIDOAMINE DENDRIMERS; REACTION SOLVENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY;

DENDRIMERS; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROXYLATION; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; REDUCING AGENTS; STABILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILVER;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; METHANOL; POLYAMIDOAMINE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 77953964168     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341310791171199     Document Type: Article

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