1. Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Building 207, Kemitorvet, DK-2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark;2. School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia;3. School of Chemistry F11, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;4. School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;5. International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Abstract:
Gold surfaces and gold nanoparticles are widely used. The surfaces and nanoparticles often have to be coated by sulfur-bound organic ligands, which both provide stability and participate in many desired processes. We overview here what, how, and why it is that the core Au-S surface bond offers such versatile structure and function.
