Electrical property and water repellency of a networked monolayer film prepared from Au nanoparticles

Hiroshi Shiigi; Yojiro Yamamoto; Hidetaka Yakabe; Shiho Tokonami; Tsutomu Nagaoka

doi:10.1039/b212226j

Electrical property and water repellency of a networked monolayer film prepared from Au nanoparticles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 May 7:(9):1038-9. doi: 10.1039/b212226j.

Authors

Hiroshi Shiigi¹, Yojiro Yamamoto, Hidetaka Yakabe, Shiho Tokonami, Tsutomu Nagaoka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Tokiwadai, Ube 755-8611, Japan.

PMID: 12772891
DOI: 10.1039/b212226j

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles, modified with alkyl thiol, formed a film on polystyrene substrate, and it was found that the deposited film drastically changes its conductivity and hydrophobicity, depending on the alkyl chain length of the thiol used.