Preparation and electrochemical polymerization of new multifunctional pyrrolethiolate-stabilized gold and palladium nanoparticles.

New pyrrolylalkanethiolate-stabilized gold and palladium nanoparticles have been prepared: electrochemical polymerization of their metal nanoparticles and their TEMPO-derivatized metal nanoparticles gave the remarkably stable poly(pyrrole metal nanoparticle) films on metal electrodes.