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The versatility of Fe(II) in the synthesis of uniform citrate-stabilized plasmonic nanoparticles with tunable size at room temperature

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A highly versatile seed-mediated approach for the synthesis of citrate-stabilized gold, silver and palladium nanoparticles (NPs) with size control is reported. The use of iron(II) as a reducing agent enables the fabrication of monodisperse NPs in a wide range of sizes (from 15 nm to at least 120 nm (90 nm for Pd)) at room temperature. The citrate as capping ligand on the NPs surface facilitates its further surface modification with proteins and thiolated molecules.

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This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO, Spain, No. MAT2016-77809-R), Xunta de Galicia/FEDER (No. GRC ED431C 2016-048). C. F.-L. acknowledges Xunta de Galicia for a predoctoral scholarship (Programa de axudas á etapa predoutoral). J. F.-L. thanks FCT/ MEC (Portugal) and FCT-UNL for the DL57/2016 Assistant Researcher Contract. C. L. and J. F.-L. thank the PROTEOMASS Scientific Society (Portugal) for the support and the Associate Laboratory for Green Chemistry-LAQV/REQUIMTE (FCT/MEC (UID/QUI/ 50006/2013)).

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  1. CINBIO, Universidade de Vigo, Campus universitario Lagoas, Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain

    Carlos Fernández-Lodeiro, Jorge Pérez-Juste & Isabel Pastoriza-Santos

  2. Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36312, Vigo, Spain

    Carlos Fernández-Lodeiro, Jorge Pérez-Juste & Isabel Pastoriza-Santos

  3. BIOSCOPE Group, LAQV@REQUIMTE, Chemistry Department, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica Campus, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal

    Javier Fernández-Lodeiro & Carlos Lodeiro

  4. PROTEOMASS Scientific Society, Rua dos Inventores, Madam Parque, Caparica Campus, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal

    Javier Fernández-Lodeiro & Carlos Lodeiro

  5. International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal

    Enrique Carbó-Argibay

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Fernández-Lodeiro, C., Fernández-Lodeiro, J., Carbó-Argibay, E. et al. The versatility of Fe(II) in the synthesis of uniform citrate-stabilized plasmonic nanoparticles with tunable size at room temperature. Nano Res. 13, 2351–2355 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2854-1

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