A new hydrosol of gold clusters

1 January 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 1,p. 96-98
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39930000096

Abstract

Reduction of gold(III) ions by tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium chloride gives a hydrosol of gold clusters with mean diameter 1.5 nm (average nuclearity about Au₁₇₀) and smaller.

Keywords

NEW HYDROSOL
GOLD
MEAN DIAMETER
CLUSTERS REDUCTION
AVERAGE NUCLEARITY
PHOSPHONIUM CHLORIDE
SMALLER
III