International Society for Muon Spectroscopy

President of the International Society for Muon Spectroscopy

K. worked at International Society for Muon Spectroscopy as a President of the International Society for Muon Spectroscopy

MTA Dep. ofChemistry and Biochemistry

Associate Professor

K. worked at MTA Dep. ofChemistry and Biochemistry as a Associate Professor

ChemGreen Innovation Inc.

Member of beaord of directors

K. worked at ChemGreen Innovation Inc. as a Member of beaord of directors

Physics department at Mount Allison University

associate member

K. worked at Physics department at Mount Allison University as a associate member

University of Guelph

Associate Professor

K. worked at University of Guelph as a Associate Professor

Synthesis of Polypyrrole/TiO2 Nanoparticles in Water by Chemical Oxidative Polymerization

Apple Academic Press

Synthesis of Polypyrrole/TiO2 Nanoparticles in Water by Chemical Oxidative Polymerization

Apple Academic Press

A Novel Gold Nanoparticle Stabilization and Its Muon Chemistry

Chemical Physics Letters

We report a novel one-pot synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) non-covalently stabilized by ionic liquid benzyldimethyltetradecylammonium chloride (Bac-14). Bac-14 demonstrates unprecedented long-term stabilization for its class of long-chain alkylated quaternary ammonium halides; the AuNP size remained constant for months. The mechanism of stabilization of similar surfactants has not been thoroughly explored in the literature. We elucidate the conformational mechanism of Bac-14 stabilization of the AuNP. Our proposed conformation suggests that these AuNPs are promising catalytic oxidization agents. This is supportive of their ultra-fast presolvated electron capture behavior investigated by muon chemistry, which pioneers the field of muon chemistry of nanostructures.