All the reagents used in this work were of the highest available grade and were purchased from Sigma Aldrich, if not stated otherwise. Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate trihydrate (≥99.9%), trisodium citrate trihydrate, sodium borohydride (≥99%), bis( p-sulfonatophenyl)phenylphosphine dihydrate dipotassium salt (BSSP, 97%), hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, ≥99%), hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC, ≥98%), L-ascorbic acid (≥99%), potassium carbonate (≥99%), tannic acid, silver nitrate (≥99.9%), hydrochloric acid (37%, AR grade). For the preparation of nanoparticles, HPLC grade purity water was purchased from Sigma Aldrich, namely
LC-MS Ultra CHROMASOLV®). Sodium oleate (NaOL, ≥97%) was purchased from Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd and a carboxy-PEG thiol ligand (HS-C 11 -EG 6 -OCH 2 -COOH) from ProChimia Surfaces.
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