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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Simple Determination of Gold Nanocrystal Dimensions by Analytical Ultracentrifugation via Surface Ligand-Solvent Density Matching.

Guillermo González-Rubio, Holger Hilbert, Rose Rosenberg, Bing Ni, Lisa Fuhrer, Helmut Cölfen

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Guillermo González-RubioPhysical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Box 714, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2647-651X
Holger HilbertPhysical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Box 714, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3552-1036
Rose RosenbergPhysical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Box 714, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Bing NiPhysical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Box 714, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Lisa FuhrerPhysical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Box 714, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4016-8161
Helmut CölfenPhysical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, Box 714, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1148-0308

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Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung No numberDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB 1214 project B6.
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Abstract

Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) is a powerful technique to observe colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) directly in solution and obtain critical information about their physical-chemical properties. Nevertheless, a more comprehensive implementation of AUC for the characterisation of such a class of crystalline colloids has been traditionally impaired by the requirement of having a priori knowledge of the complex, multilayered structure formed by NC in solution. This includes the nature (density and mass) of the surface ligands (SLs) that provide NC colloidal stability and the shell of solvent molecules formed on it. Herein, we propose a methodology to determine the NCs size by using SLs with a density equal to that of the solvent. Thereby, the buoyancy force of the SL shell is neutral, and the density of the NCs is sufficient a priori knowledge to calculate their related mass and size distributions. The simplicity and reliability of the method are evaluated with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) stabilized spherical gold NCs (AuNCs) of dimensions ranging from 1 to 17 nm. The proposed method has great potential to be transferred to any non-crystalline and crystalline colloids of different nature and composition, which have a density that is equal to the bulk and can be stabilized by SLs having a density that matches that of the solvent.

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analytical ultracentrifugationdensity matchinggold nanocrystalssize distributionsurface ligand

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PMID34071534
PMCPMC8228700

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