A gold-containing TiO complex: a crystalline molecular precursor as an alternative route to Au/TiO2 composites
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In Situ Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles without Aggregation in the Interlayer Space of Layered Titanate Transparent Films
Published on: January 17, 2017
Markus Rohe1, Elke Löffler, Martin Muhler
1Anorganische Chemie I, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|November 6, 2008
Abstract:
The gold-containing titanium peroxo-complex AuCl4(NH4)7[Ti4(O2)4(Hcit)2(cit)2].12H2O 1 allows an easy reproducible access to pure Au/TiO2 composites.
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