Self-healing and self-organized gold nanoparticle films at a water/organic solvent interface
Författare
Summary, in English
Gold nanoparticles (5 nm and 20 nm) have been synthesized and stabilized with mercaptoundecanol. These particles, although insoluble in water or common organic solvents, spread as a thin film at the liquid-liquid interface between a water phase and an organic phase. Films of these gold nanoparticles have been observed both by conventional transmission electron microscopy of deposited samples and by cryo-transmission electron microscopy of plunge-frozen samples. The film can be monolayered and extend over centimeter-sized areas. The particle films spontaneously re-assemble and self-organize at the interface when disrupted. This self-healing capacity of the film should make it possible to build a device for continuous production and deposition of the film.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2006
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
130-134
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volym
6
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
American Scientific Publishers
Ämne
- Nano Technology
Nyckelord
- plunge-freezing
- cryo-TEM
- self organization
- particle film
- nanoparticles
- gold
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1533-4880