Iron(II) as a Green Reducing Agent in Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis

Iron is the most abundant element by mass in the Earth. Despite being an inexpensive material used in a wide range of applications, its role as reducing agent for the synthesis of plasmonic nanoparticles has not been explored in detail. In the present work, we have studied the use of iron(II) sulfate as a green reductant for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in the absence or presence of different molecules. First, we demonstrate that...