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Unusual seedless approach to gold nanoparticle synthesis: application to selective rapid naked eye detection of
Sukeri Anandhakumar1, Rajendran Rajaram, Jayaraman Mathiyarasu
1Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi - 630006, Tamil Nadu, India. al_mathi@yahoo.com.
The Analyst
|May 22, 2014
Abstract:
We report a novel seedless Hg(2+)-induced synthetic approach for the preparation of gold nanostructures. This protocol is demonstrated for the highly selective and sensitive naked eye detection of Hg(2+) based on the high affinity metallophilic Hg(2+)-Au(+) interaction. The response time upon exposure to Hg(2+) is almost instantaneous.
