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Ligand-mediated self-assembly of polymer-enveloped gold nanoparticle chains and networks
Rute Fernandes1, Mei Li, Erik Dujardin
1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Abstract:
We demonstrate a universal approach to assemble gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) into ordered robust nanostructures. Colloidal AuNPs are partially coated by thiol-containing ligands and then destabilised into anisotropic superstructures. In situ polymerization of the surface attached ligands produces enveloped nanoparticle networks with retained nanoplasmonic properties and enhanced stability.
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