Phase transfer of aqueous gold nanoparticles to non-polar hexanes

• Main Author: Loh, Quek Khim.
• Other Authors: Xue Can
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Colloids
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35518
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this report, we put efforts in studying the phase transfer of aqueous gold nanoparticles (NPs) to non-polar hexanes. Initially, with sodium citrate and gold (III) chloride tri-hydrate (HAuCl4) as the starting reactants, gold NPs have been first successfully synthesized by the citrate reduction me...