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La introducción de la anfifilicidad a los nanocúmulos de metales nobles a través de la transferencia de fase
Qiaofeng Yao1, Xun Yuan, Yong Yu
1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore , 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 14, 2015
Resumen
Los nanocúmulos de metales nobles (NCs) fueron modificados para convertirse en anfifílicos mediante la unión de cationes hidrofóbicos a los ligandos hidrofílicos. Esta anfifilicidad permite que las NC se auto-ensamblen como los tensioactivos moleculares.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Química de las superficies.
- Ciencia de los nanomateriales Ciencia de los nanomateriales.
- Ciencia de la coloide Ciencia de las coloides.
Sus antecedentes:
- La anfifilicidad, una propiedad clave para los tensioactivos, no se ha estudiado ampliamente en nanocúmulos de metales nobles (NC).
- Los NC de metales nobles, particularmente los grupos sub-2-nm, ofrecen propiedades electrónicas y ópticas únicas, pero a menudo carecen de funcionalidades de superficie versátiles.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para impartir anfifilicidad a los nanoclusters de metales nobles (NCs) mediante la modificación de la superficie.
- Investigar el comportamiento de autoensamblaje y las propiedades interfaciales de estas NC anfifílicas recién sintetizadas.
Principales métodos:
- Síntesis de nanoclusters de oro anfifílico (Au25(MHA)18@xCTA NCs) a través del emparejamiento de iones impulsado por la transferencia de fase.
- La modificación implicó el parcheo de ligandos hidrófilos de ácido 6-mercaptohexanoico (MHA) en Au25 NC con cationes hidrófobos de cetiltrimetilamonio (CTA+).
- Caracterización de la cobertura de ligandos y evaluación de la solubilidad en varios disolventes.
Principales resultados:
- Se crearon con éxito NCs anfifílicos Au25(MHA)18@xCTA (x=6-9) con una proporción equilibrada de MHA hidrofílico y ligandos MHA···CTA hidrofóbicos.
- Estas NC anfifílicas exhibieron solubilidad en diversos disolventes y demostraron un comportamiento de autoensamblaje similar al de las anfifilas moleculares.
- Las NC anfifílicas se autoorganizaron en bicapas apiladas en la interfaz aire-líquido, imitando las fases cristalinas líquidas litotrópicas.
Conclusiones:
- La estrategia de parcheado de superficie introdujo efectivamente la anfifilicidad a los NC de metales nobles.
- Las NC anfifílicas muestran una mayor solubilidad y un autoensamblaje molecular-anfifílico, ampliando sus aplicaciones potenciales.
- Este trabajo abre nuevas vías para la utilización de NC de metales nobles en áreas que requieren actividad interfacial y autoorganización.
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