title: Thiol-ubiquinone assisted fragmentation of gold nanoparticles.
abstract: We report the spontaneous fragmentation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) induced, in aqueous solution at room temperature, by thiol derivative of ubiquinone, which involves the energetic electron injection from thiol-ubiquinone to the gold nanoparticles.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering & Department of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Riaz
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Ma
authors: Chao
authors: C
authors: Jing
authors: Mian Hasnain
authors: MH
authors: Nawaz
authors: Da-Wei
authors: DW
authors: Li
authors: Yi-Tao
authors: YT
authors: Long
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D014867:Water; D014451:Ubiquinone; D006046:Gold