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Rapid Nanoprobe Signal Enhancement by In Situ Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis
Published on: March 7, 2018
In situ generation of gold nanoparticles on a protein surface: Fischer carbene complex as reducing agent
Debasis Samanta1, Sudeshna Sawoo, Amitabha Sarkar
1Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, India.
Abstract:
Suitably designed, hydrophilic Fischer carbene complexes reduce HAuCl4 to produce stable gold nanoparticles localized on proteins in aqueous buffer solution.

