How a simple "clicked" PEGylated 1,2,3-triazole ligand stabilizes gold nanoparticles for multiple usage.

Pengxiang Zhao, Na Li, Lionel Salmon, Na Liu, Jaime Ruiz, Didier Astruc

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 49(31) , 3218-20, (2013)

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Abstract

"Click" chemistry now offers access to a great variety of triazoles, and the first example of a strategy to stabilize gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with a new 1,2,3-triazole-mPEG ligand is developed here together with preliminary examples of possible applications.