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Dispersion of gold dodecanethiolate in a silsesquioxane film with pendant dodecyl chains: from photoluminescent materials to gold nanocomposites

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Photoluminescence of Au(I)-dodecane thiolate (Au(I)-DDT) and its thermal reduction to metallic gold have been extensively reported in the literature. However, the incorporation of this salt to a polymeric matrix to produce photoluminescent materials or gold nanocomposites by thermal reduction is a difficult task due to the insolubility of Au(I)-DDT. In this study it is shown that a silsesquioxane with pendant dodecyl chains can be a convenient host of Au(I)-DDT. The presence of dodecyl chains in both compounds and the in situ generation of the salt in the solution of the silsesquioxane precursor enabled to obtain a uniform dispersion of Au(I)-DDT in the silsesquioxane matrix. Flexible films were generated, exhibiting characteristic photoluminescent properties before thermal treatment and a uniform dispersion of gold nanoparticles after heating at 150 °C for different periods of time.

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The financial support of Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Argentine, are gratefully acknowledged.

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    María Lorena Gómez & Carlos A. Chesta

  2. Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), University of Mar del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET), J. B. Justo 4302, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina

    Ignacio E. dell′Erba, Cristina E. Hoppe & Roberto J. J. Williams

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Gómez, M.L., dell′Erba, I.E., Chesta, C.A. et al. Dispersion of gold dodecanethiolate in a silsesquioxane film with pendant dodecyl chains: from photoluminescent materials to gold nanocomposites. J Mater Sci 48, 8559–8565 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7675-0

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