Multiply twinned particle micelle

Au-thiol aggregates composed of Au multiply twinned particles MTPs.and propionicacidthiolates were produced and named an MTP-micelle. The nuclear magnetic resonance NMR.spectrum of the MTP-micelle shows that most of the propionicacidthiolates seem to form dimers disulfides.on the Au MTP surface. Transmission electron microscope TEM. images show that most of the core Au particles are MTPs, but truncated MTP structures are partly observed. This observation predicts the creation of a fullerene-like particle structure by the thiolates-adsorption method. The average size of the MTP-micelles is 70 A° , which is confirmed by a scanning electron microscope SEM.image. q1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.