Figure 2

Recorded kinetics at 780 nm in water up to 250 ps for a solution of ionic liquid in water at the same concentration used to stabilize gold nanoparticles, solution of 3.3 × 10−8 M naked 15 nm gold nanoparticles in water (Aun), and solution of 0.3 mM Au3+ in water (Au3+ was used as precursor of gold nanoparticles) at 23 °C.