Functionalized platinum nanoparticles with surface charge trigged by pH: synthesis, characterization and stability studies

• Giovanna Testa,
• Laura Fontana,
• Iole Venditti and
• Ilaria Fratoddi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1822–1828, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.175

• Giovanna Testa Laura Fontana Iole Venditti Ilaria Fratoddi Department of Chemistry, University Sapienza of Rome, p.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy 10.3762/bjnano.7.175 Abstract In this work, the synthesis and characterization of functionalized platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) have been

• colloidal system. Keywords: functionalized platinum nanoparticles; pH responsive materials; synthesis of metal nanoparticles; thiol functionalization; Introduction Metal nanoparticles (MNPs), in particular, platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) offer a wide range of chemico-physical properties that can be of

• compounds (VOCs) [30]. In this study, the synthesis and characterization of functionalized platinum nanoparticles has been investigated. PtNPs were obtained by a wet redox procedure, using 2-diethylaminoethanethiol hydrochloride (DEA) as a capping agent. By varying the Pt/thiol molar ratio, stable