<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eustis, Susie</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hsu, H. Y.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">El-Sayed, Mostafa A</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gold nanoparticle formation from photochemical reduction of Au3+ by continuous excitation in colloidal solutions. A proposed molecular mechanism</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Physical Chemistry B</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mar</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">109</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4811-4815</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1520-6106</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A photochemical reduction of Au3+ with continuous 250-400 nm excitation is studied in ethylene Zalycol, and poly (vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) is used as a capping material. After the absorption of Au3+ disappears, excitation is stopped. The surface plasmon absorption of gold as well as the thermal reappearance of the Au3+ absorption are found to increase as a function of time. The rates of these changes are studied as a function of the mole fraction of ethylene glycol in water. Experimental results show that a small amount of ethylene glycol increases the formation of gold nanoparticles and decreases the reformation of the Au3+ absorption after irradiation. Increasing the glycol concentration first increases the rate of formation of gold nanoparticles to a maximum at a mole fraction 0.40. As the glycol concentration is further increased, the rate of formation of the gold nanoparticles and the rate of re-formation of Au3+ decrease. A mechanism is proposed that involves the reduction of the excited Au3+ to Au2+ by ethylene glycol. This is followed by the disproportionation of Au2+ to Au3+ and Au1+. Both the reduction of Au1+ by ethylene glycol and its disproportionation lead to the formation of Au-0, which upon nucleation and growth form An nanoparticles.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">WOS:000227734500003</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eustis, S Hsu, HY El-Sayed, MA</style></notes><electronic-resource-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1021/jp0441588</style></electronic-resource-num></record></records></xml>