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Published on: June 16, 2014
Towards the design of self-sorting nanomaterials through kinetically directed chemoselective control over interfacial
Praveen N Gunawardene1, Max Weissman1, Jack E Bowman1
1Department of Chemistry and the Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada. mworkent@uwo.ca.
Abstract:
A gold nanoparticle platform is described in which post-synthesis surface modifications can be conducted using kinetically-tunable strain-promoted cycloaddition chemistry, which is dependent on the electronic properties of the complementary dipolar species. This permits chemoselective reactivity with one reactive dipole over another less reactive dipole, providing exciting opportinities for kinetically-directed self-sorting strategies.
