title: Identification of a source of size polydispersity and its solution in Brust-Schiffrin metal nanoparticle synthesis.
abstract: The co-presence of thiol vs. disulfide in the well-known Brust-Schiffrin two-phase synthesis has been identified as a source of size polydispersity in nanoparticles synthesized and a procedure has been proposed to address this long outstanding issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and "O" Streets NW, Washington DC 20057, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Oksana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zaluzhna
authors.forename: YuYe J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Tong