"Understanding Functional Moieties in Gold Nanoparticles

[tayyaba1]

Homework Statement

i am doing project on gold nanoparticles i was reading a per regarding synthesis of gold nanoparticles. then i came across a statement "GNPs bearing functional moieties, which are anchored with thiol-linkers, in their monolayers" i didn't understand the word functional moities . please anyone can help me to understand this in simplest words

thanks in advance

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

i google it but couldn't understand

 

[chemisttree]

Is the word 'moieties' throwing you? Replace it with 'groups'. An alcohol is a group as are amines, nitriles, carboxylates, double bonds, etc...

 

[tayyaba1]

Is the word 'moieties' throwing you? Replace it with 'groups'. An alcohol is a group as are amines, nitriles, carboxylates, double bonds, etc...

thank you sir.. now i got it...