Effects of ethanol and three-phase contact angle on gold nanoparticle adsorption at water/toluene interface

• Main Authors: Zhao, Qin, Wang, Puqun, Wong, Chee Cheong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100867; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18927
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work investigates the effects of ethanol and the 3-phase (charged Au surface, water/ethanol solution and toluene phase) contact angle on the formation of gold nanoparticle monolayer at water/toluene interface. Although thermodynamic calculation indicates that nanoparticles can be spontaneously...