Water-soluble amphiphilic gold nanoparticles with structured ligand shells.

Highly water-soluble mixed monolayer protected "rippled" gold nanoparticles were synthesized through a one step reaction with sodium 11-mercaptoundecanesulfonate and octanethiol ligands at various ratios.

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