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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2023

Continuous Electroformation of Gold Nanoparticles in Nanoliter Droplet Reactors.

Mario Alberto Saucedo-Espinosa, Maximilian Breitfeld, Petra Stephanie Dittrich

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Electrosynthesis of Atomically Precise Au Nanoclusters.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  5. Continuous Electroformation of Gold Nanoparticles in Nanoliter Droplet Reactors.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mario Alberto Saucedo-EspinosaDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.
Maximilian BreitfeldDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.
Petra Stephanie DittrichDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5359-8403

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are employed in numerous applications, including optics, biosensing and catalysis. Here, we demonstrate the stabilizer-free electrochemical synthesis of AuNPs inside nanoliter-sized reactors. Droplets encapsulating a gold precursor are formed on a microfluidic device and exposed to an electrical current by guiding them through a pair of electrodes. We exploit the naturally occurring recirculation flows inside confined droplets (moving in rectangular microchannels) to prevent the aggregation of nanoparticles after nucleation. Therefore, AuNPs with sizes in the range of 30 to 100 nm were produced without the need of additional capping agents. The average particle size is defined by the precursor concentration and droplet velocity, while the charge dose given by the electric field strength has a minor effect. This method opens the way to fine-tune the electrochemical production of gold nanoparticles, and we believe it is a versatile method for the formation of other metal nanoparticles.

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Droplet MicrofluidicsElectroformationGold Nanoparticles

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PMID36350110
PMCPMC10107445

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