Issue 61, 2016

Self-assembly of PEGylated gold nanoparticles with satellite structures as seeds

Abstract

We report a very simple method for the self-assembly of spherical gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), coated with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), through a slow evaporation process at room temperature. Clusters of particles forming satellite structures may act as seeds for the self-assembly in a crystallization-like process. Based on the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images obtained a mechanism for the self-assembly was suggested.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of PEGylated gold nanoparticles with satellite structures as seeds

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 May 2016
Accepted
26 Jun 2016
First published
27 Jun 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 9542-9545

Self-assembly of PEGylated gold nanoparticles with satellite structures as seeds

M. Bachelet and R. Chen, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 9542 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC04170A

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