A mechanistic study of gold nanoparticles catalysis of O 2 reduction by ascorbate and hydroethidine, investigating reactive oxygen species reactivity

Viacheslav Shcherbakov (1) , Sergey A Denisov (1) , Mehran Mostafavi (1)

1 ICP - Institut de Chimie Physique

This study investigates the mechanism of dioxygen reduction catalyzed by gold nanoparticles using two electron donors, sodium ascorbate and hydroethidine, focusing on the potential ROS formation, such as O 2 ˙ − and H 2 O 2 .

Domaines: Chimie

Viacheslav Shcherbakov, Sergey A Denisov, Mehran Mostafavi. A mechanistic study of gold nanoparticles catalysis of O 2 reduction by ascorbate and hydroethidine, investigating reactive oxygen species reactivity. RSC Advances, 2023, 13 (13), pp.8557-8563. ⟨10.1039/d3ra00443k⟩. ⟨hal-04032463⟩