Synthesis of Monodispersed Gold Nanoparticles with Exceptional Colloidal Stability with Grafted Polyethylene Glycol-g-polyvinyl Alcohol

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(a) Schematic of the one-step synthesis of gold nanoparticles from gold salt and PEG-g-PVA polymer as a reducing, capping, and stabilizing agent. (b) Molecular structure of the used PEG-g-PVA graft copolymer. (c) Transmission electron microscope image of PEG-g-PVA-capped GNPs (Scale bar = 100 nm).

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