Abstract
When gold nanoparticles are coated with binary mixtures of dislike ligand molecules, separation in the ligand shell occurs; if the particles are smaller than a threshold size the separation is solely enthalpy driven leading to the spontaneous formation of Janus particles.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3857-3863 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Advanced Materials |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 28 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 24 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- janus gold nanoparticles
- ligand morphology
- patchy particles
- phase separation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering