Self-assembly and selective exchange of oligoanions on the surface of monolayer protected Au nanoparticles in water

Grégory Pieters; Alessandro Cazzolaro; Renato Bonomi; Leonard J Prins

doi:10.1039/c2cc16926f

Self-assembly and selective exchange of oligoanions on the surface of monolayer protected Au nanoparticles in water

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 11;48(13):1916-8. doi: 10.1039/c2cc16926f. Epub 2012 Jan 9.

Authors

Grégory Pieters¹, Alessandro Cazzolaro, Renato Bonomi, Leonard J Prins

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.

PMID: 22228033
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc16926f

Abstract

Self-assembled monolayers on Au nanoparticles terminating with TACN·Zn(II) head groups are attractive scaffolds for the formation of multivalent supramolecular structures at submicromolar concentrations in water.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aza Compounds / chemistry
Gold / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Piperidines / chemistry
Surface Properties
Water / chemistry*

Substances

Aza Compounds
Piperidines
triazacyclononane
Water
Gold