Unconventional chain-growth mode in the assembly of colloidal gold nanoparticles

• Main Authors: Wang, Hong, Chen, Liyong, Shen, Xiaoshuang, Zhu, Liangfang, He, Jiating, Chen, Hongyu
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99601; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12472
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

One-dimensional assembly of gold nanoparticles (see picture)is achieved by a sphere-to-cylinder transformation of polymer shells. A large amount of monomers remains after the assembly, which is characteristic of the chain-growth “polymerization”. Single-line chains can be converted to double-line ch...