H. Fujihara et H. Nakai, Fullerenethiolate-functionalized gold nanoparticles: A new class of surface-confined metal-C-60 nanocomposites, LANGMUIR, 17(21), 2001, pp. 6393-6395
This paper reports the preparation and characteristic property of a new nan
ocomposite gold cluster with fullerene as a carbon nanocluster, C-60-Au nan
oparticles, together wit h the first account of electrochemical comparison
of the C-60-Au nanoparticle films and the self-assembled monolayers of C-60
-thiol 1 on gold electrodes. Octanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles were
treated with a fullerene C-60-terminated alkanethiol. (1) to give new full
erenethiol-functionalized gold nanoparticles (C-60-Au nanoparticles) of 2 n
m diameter with a very narrow size distribution. Immersion of a gold electr
ode in a solution of C-60-Au nanoparticles deposited the colloid films of t
hem on the electrode surface which showed two distinct reversible reduction
/oxidation waves and significant electrochemical stability. The C-60-Au nan
oparticle films were firmly immobilized on the planar electrode by a simple
self-assembly method without use of terminal ligand like bifunctional amin
osiloxane or mercaptosiloxane. The electrochemical responses for the C60-Au
nanoparticle films and self-assembled monolayers of C-60-thiol 1 adsorbed
on gold electrodes are significantly different.