Process for producing stabilized gold nanoparticles, stabilized gold nanoparticles obtained by the process, and use of the stabilized gold nanoparticles

摘要

A stabilized inorganic nanoparticle which is stabilized by bonding protective ligands to a surface of an inorganic nanoparticle, wherein one part of binding sites on the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle are bonded to the protective ligand, the other part of the binding sites remain as a free site not bonded to the protective ligand, and satisfies the condition that the amount of the protective ligand bonded to the inorganic nanoparticle is a critical amount or the condition that the form of modifying the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle by the protective ligand is a critical modification form. According to the present invention, there is provided a stabilized inorganic nanoparticle that is stabilized by a protective ligand and can be rapidly functionalized with ease by bonding a functional ligand thereto.