title: Template synthesis of gold nanoparticles with an organic molecular cage.
abstract: We report a novel strategy for the controlled synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with narrow size distribution (1.9 ± 0.4 nm) through NP nucleation and growth inside the cavity of a well-defined three-dimensional, shape-persistent organic molecular cage. Our results show that both a well-defined cage structure and pendant thioether groups pointing inside the cavity are essential for the AuNP synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and ⊥Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCaffrey
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Yinghua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Aric
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Wounjhang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang