Ligand-shell-directed assembly and depolymerization of patchy nanoparticles

Offer Zeiri, Yifeng Wang, Alevtina Neyman, Francesco Stellacci, Ira A. Weinstock

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Abstract

Unprecedented insertions of cationic alkanethiols, HS(CH2) 11N(CH3)3+ (see scheme; cyan-colored rods), between polyoxometalate protecting ligands, α-AlW 11O399- (blue circles), and the surfaces of gold nanoparticles, give "zwitterionic" patchy nanoparticles (PNs). Their shell structures and assembly properties vary with particle size during rational in situ modifications that lead to three-component core-shell aggregates never observed before in PNs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)968-972
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Jan 2013

Keywords

  • gold
  • janus particles
  • nanoparticles
  • polyoxometalates
  • self-assembly

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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