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Chemical Sciences

Excimer probe of the binding of alkyl disulfides to gold nanoparticles and subsequent monolayer dynamics

Published on - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Authors: Martinus H. V. Werts, Hamid Zaim, Mireille Blanchard-Desce

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A symmetric alkyl disulfide bearing two pyrenyl chromophores allows for fluorescence monitoring of its binding to gold nanoparticles and the subsequent diffusion of the geminate thiolates on the particle surface.