title: Potassium ion recognition by facile dithiocarbamate assembly of benzo-15-crown-5-gold nanoparticles.
abstract: Here we demonstrate a facile strategy of preparing gold nanoparticle (AuNP) crown ether assemblies by the generation of strongly binding dithiocarbamate (DTC) modified benzo-15-crown-5; we also report the efficient and selective ion sensing property of the novel assembly for K(+).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Gaurang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Shobhana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menon