Issue 1, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Colouring crystals with inorganic nanoparticles†

Alexander N. Kulak,a   Pengcheng Yang,b   Yi-Yeoun Kim,a   Steven P. Armesb  and  Fiona C. Meldrum*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
E-mail: F.Meldrum@leeds.ac.uk

b Dainton Building, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK
E-mail: S.P.Armes@sheffield.ac.uk

Abstract

A simple, one-pot method is presented whereby gold nanoparticles coated with a zwitterionic diblock copolymer are incorporated within single crystals of calcite. This may provide a versatile alternative to dyeing crystal with organic molecules and could be extended to create a series of new nanocomposite crystals with novel properties.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC47904H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Oct 2013
Accepted
05 Nov 2013
First published
06 Nov 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 67-69

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Colouring crystals with inorganic nanoparticles

A. N. Kulak, P. Yang, Y. Kim, S. P. Armes and F. C. Meldrum, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 67 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47904H

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