The Self-Assembly of Cationic Metal Complexes on Gold Nanoparticle Surface.

This work aims to study the interaction between cationic metal complexes (M ) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs ). The M complexes were chosen from previous works described in the literature and were synthesized as defined. For example, they are as follows: = [RuCl(dppb)(bipy)(py)](PF); = [RuCl(dppb)(bipy)(vpy)](PF); = [RuCl(dppb)(bipy)(mepy)](PF); = [RuCl(dppb)(bipy)(bpy)](PF); = [RuCl(dppb)(bipy)](PF); = [Fe(bipy)]Cl; = [Ru(bipy)](PF); = [TPyP{RuCl(dppb)(bipy)}](PF); and = [RuCl(-cymene)(Dipmp)](PF).