Gold Nanoparticle Formation Kinetics and Mechanism: A Critical Analysis of the “Redox Crystallization” Mechanism

Watzky, Murielle A.; Finke, Richard G.

doi:10.1021/acsomega.7b01772

Title: Gold Nanoparticle Formation Kinetics and Mechanism: A Critical Analysis of the “Redox Crystallization” Mechanism

Journal Article · Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2018 · ACS Omega

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b01772· OSTI ID:1419703

Watzky, Murielle A. ^[1];

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639, United States
Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States

A 2013 paper proposed a “redox crystallization” (R-C) mechanism for the formation of Au⁰_n nanoparticles from the reduction of a AuCl₄^– precursor. That study used an unconventional analysis of the valuable, expertly obtained kinetics data reported, and came up with multiple claims and insights collected under the putatively new R-C mechanism. If confirmed, those claims and the R-C mechanism provide a valuable addition to the knowledge of gold nanoparticle formation kinetics and mechanisms. On the other hand, if the methodology used to support the R-C mechanism is flawed so that its resultant conclusions are incorrect, then the R-C mechanism needs to be discarded until compelling evidence for it can be gathered, evidence that would have to include the disproof of the other dominant mechanism(s) of nanoparticle formation. The present work provides a critical analysis of the evidence previously offered for the R-C mechanism, efforts that are of interest to the areas of Au⁰_n nanoparticles, the kinetics and mechanisms of nanoparticle formation and, as it turns out, more generally to those interested in kinetic and mechanistic studies.

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Research Organization:: Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SE-FG402-03ER15453; FG02-03ER15453

OSTI ID:: 1419703

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1512947

Journal Information:: ACS Omega, Journal Name: ACS Omega Vol. 3 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 2470-1343

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Country of Publication:: United States

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