title: Chemical controlled reversible gold nanoparticles dissolution and reconstruction at room-temperature.
abstract: At room temperature, gold nanoparticles were atomically dissolved in the presence of aromatic thiols and regenerated from the solution by treatment with H(2)O(2), and the process is reversible. Moreover, the formed Au-thiol compounds have been demonstrated to be a powerful elemental building block for engineering various gold nanostructures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Singapore. wangf@imre.a-star.edu.sg
authors.forename: Fuke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chaobin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ming-Yong
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Ji Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guo Qin
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D012996:Solutions; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D006046:Gold; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide