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In this study, it is demonstrated that the tetraoctylammonium cation can be used directly as a phase-transfer reagent of negatively charged water-based gold nanoparticles. The transference is size-dependent and is based on a wholly electrostatic interaction.
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Cheng et al. (2003) studied this question.
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