title: Self-assembly of discotic liquid crystalline molecule-modified gold nanoparticles: control of 1D and hexagonal ordering induced by solvent polarity.
abstract: Gold nanoparticles fully coated with discotic liquid crystalline molecules of hexaalkoxy-substituted triphenylene (Au-TP) have been synthesised, the self-assembled structure of which could be controlled (hexagonal or 1D nanochain) just by altering the ratio of methanol to toluene in the solvent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi-shi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan. myamada@jaist.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Zhongrong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyake