Ad aurum: tunable transfer of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes to gold surfaces
Nathaniel L. Dominique, Ran Chen, Alyssa V. B. Santos, Shelby L. Strausser, Theodore Rauch, Chandler Q. Kotseos, Bill Boggess, Lasse Jensen, David M. Jenkins, Jon P. Camden
Abstract
The exceptional stability of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) monolayers on gold surfaces and nanoparticles (AuNPs) is enabling new and diverse applications from catalysis to biomedicine.
Topics & Concepts
CarbeneColloidal goldCatalysisMonolayerNanotechnologyChemistryMaterials scienceCombinatorial chemistryNanoparticleOrganic chemistryN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic ChemistryCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods