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Thomas, Sophie R. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1110-430X, Yang, Wenjie, Morgan, David J., Davies, Thomas E., Li, Jiao Jiao, Fischer, Roland A., Huang, Jun, Dimitratos, Nikolaos and Casini, Angela
(2022)
Bottom‐up Synthesis of Water‐Soluble Gold Nanoparticles Stabilized by N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes: From Structural Characterization to Applications.
Chemistry – A European Journal, 28 (56).
ISSN 0947-6539
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Abstract
N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become attractive ligands for functionalizing gold nanoparticle surfaces with applications ranging from catalysis to biomedicine. Despite their great potential, NHC stabilized gold colloids (NHC@AuNPs) are still scarcely explored and further efforts should be conducted to improve their design and functionalization. Here, the ‘bottom-up’ synthesis of two water-soluble gold nanoparticles (AuNP-1 and AuNP-2) stabilized by hydrophilic mono- and bidentate NHC ligands is reported together with their characterization by various spectroscopic and analytical methods. The NPs showed key differences likely to be due to the selected NHC ligand systems. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images showed small quasi-spherical and faceted NHC@AuNPs of similar particle size (ca. 2.3–2.6 nm) and narrow particle size distribution, but the colloids featured different ratios of Au(I)/Au(0) by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Furthermore, the NHC@AuNPs were supported on titania and fully characterized. The new NPs were studied for their catalytic activity towards the reduction of nitrophenol substrates, the reduction of resazurin and for their photothermal efficiency. Initial results on their application in photothermal therapy (PTT) were obtained in human cancer cells in vitro. The aforementioned reactions represent important model reactions towards wastewater remediation, bioorthogonal transformations and cancer treatment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | au nanoparticles,n-heterocyclic carbenes,catalysis,photothermal therapy,spectroscopy,catalysis,general chemistry,organic chemistry ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1500/1503 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2026 10:28 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2026 14:34 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/104532 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/chem.202201575 |
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