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Table 5.3
Representative examples of metal NP networks produced by the indirect cross-linking methods
Metal
Ligand/Reactants
Method
Size (nm)
Inter-NP distance (nm) a
References
Au
1-Azide-1-undecane thiol
Dialkyne derivative/CuSO
4
Click chemistry
2
2
[93]
Au
Octadentate thioethers
Acetylene oxidative
coupling
1.1
0.8–2.5
[94]
Au
Norbornene thiols
Ru catalyst
Ring-opening metathesis
polymerization
4.3
7
[95]
Au
Terminal amines on polyethylene
glycol (NP)
Thiolated amine (nanorods)
Traut’s reagent
Dithiol coupling
2.5 and 1.8 (NP)
50
× 5 (nanorods)
0.9 and 1.6
[96]
CdSe
2-Aminoethanethiol
Glutaraldehyde
Condensation
2.7
3.2–7.6
[97]
Ag
Polyvinyl alcohol
Dicarboxylic acids
Esterification
10.4
0.93 (oxalic acid)
1.74 (sebacic acid)
[98]
Pt
Aluminum-organic-stabilizer
Bifunctional alcohols
Protonolytic cross-linking
reaction
1.2
0.98 (hydroquinone)
1.23 (4,4
-dihydroxybiphenyl)
[99]
a
The distance between NP is the edge–edge distance if not noted specially