Microwave Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles in the Presence of Tetrahydrothiophenocucurbituril.

ABSTRACT: The preparation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) from tetrachloroauric acid in the presence of tetrahydrothiophenocucurbit[n]uril (THT_mQ[n]) has been effectively achieved in a microwave reactor. The reaction was performed in the presence of an excess of the tetrahydrothiopheno function in a partial reductant role, while the remainder formed AuNP-THT_mQ[n] conjugates after the reduction was completed with formic acid. An affinity for the AuNPs by the THT_mQ[n] was observed in the purification of the NPs via centrifugation, removal of the supernatant and resuspension of the conjugate.

SUBMITTER: Atthar AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10780150 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature