Coordination chemistry approach for the end-to-end assembly of gold nanorods

Coordination chemistry approach for the end-to-end assembly of gold nanorods: "Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 May 2010
P.R., Selvakannan , Eddy, Dumas , Frédéric, Dumur , Christine, Péchoux , Patricia, Beaunier , ...
Gold nanorods synthesized by radiolysis were selectively end-functionalized by a fully conjugated thiol bearing a pendant terpyridine group; addition of ferrous ions led to the end-to-end 1D self-assembly of the nanorods. Similar results have been obtained when the preformed [(HStpy)Fe(tpySH)]2+ dithiol complex was directly added to the gold nanorods.

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End-to-end 1D assembly of gold nanorods synthesized by radiolysis has been obtained through selective functionalization and coordination chemistry.
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