title: A method to construct polyelectrolyte multilayers film containing gold nanoparticles.
abstract: Gold nanoparticles in polyelectrolyte multilayers film can be easily prepared by repeating immersion of a substrate in poly(diallyl dimethylammonium) chloride (PDDA)-AuCl(4)(-) complexes solution followed by reduction Au(3+) through heating. UV-vis spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) are used to confirm the successful construction of the polyelectrolyte multilayers film and the formation of gold nanoparticles. The multilayers film shows electrocatalytic activity to dioxygen reduction.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, PR China; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, PR China.
authors.forename: Hongjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shaojun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dong