Abstract
Small (dcore ≈ 2–5 nm) well-dispersed gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) stabilized by amphiphilic octacarboxy-calix[4]resorcinarenes with different substituents on the lower rim—methyl (С1–CR), pentyl (С5–CR) and undecyl (С11–CR)—in an aqueous solution were obtained. The nanoparticles were studied by spectrophotometry, transmission electron microscopy, FTIR-spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, small angle X-ray scattering and X-ray powder diffraction. The influence of HAuCl4/macrocycle ratio during the synthesis on the nanoparticles size and aggregation only for weakly associated С1–CR and С5–CR was achieved. The self-association effect of С11–CR on the nanoparticles stabilization is found. The existence of gold in the form of crystallites and their average sizes were defined. The average nanoparticle sizes were determined and the structure of macrocyclic shells on the surface of nanoparticles in an aqueous solution was proposed. The formation of cooperative calix[4]resorcinarene associates on the AuNPs surface due to the multiple supramolecular interactions leads to the creation of functional gold nanoparticles.
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