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Design of liquid-crystalline gold nanoparticles by click chemistry
Sylvain Mischler1, Sebastiano Guerra, Robert Deschenaux
1Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Mesomorphic alkyne-based first- and second-generation dendrons were grafted onto gold nanoparticles carrying azide groups under click reaction conditions. The nanoparticles decorated with the dendrons displayed liquid-crystalline properties and good thermal stability.

