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Published on: August 1, 2018
Amphiphilic modification and asymmetric silica encapsulation of hydrophobic Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles
Binghui Wu1, Shaoheng Tang, Mei Chen
1State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. nfzheng@xmu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A facile method is developed for amphiphilic surface modification and asymmetric silica encapsulation of hydrophobic Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles. The obtained asymmetric Janus nanocomposites display tunable wettability, enhanced catalysis and better cell internalization as compared to those with complete silica encapsulation.
