The significance of bromide in the Brust–Schiffrin synthesis of thiol protected gold nanoparticles† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03266h

School of Chemistry, University of Manche [email protected] Division of Nuclear Engineering Science, Re Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan Diamond Light Source Ltd., Didcot, Oxford Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, S France Division of Sustainable Energy and Environ Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan Department of Materials Chemistry, Facu University, Otsu, Shiga 520-2194, Japan School of Chemical and Process Engineerin † Electronic supplementary informa 10.1039/c7sc03266h Cite this: Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 7954