title: Microcapsules of PEGylated gold nanoparticles prepared by fluid-fluid interfacial assembly.
abstract: Amphiphilic, PEGylated gold nanoparticles, of approximately 2 nm average core diameter, were synthesized by reduction of hydrogen tetrachloroaurate in the presence of the ligand (1-mercaptoundec-11-yl)tetra(ethylene glycol). These PEGylated gold nanoparticles were found to assemble cleanly at the oil-water interface. This self-assembly process gave a microencapsulated oil phase, water as the continuous phase, and a monolayer of gold nanoparticles at the oil-water interface. The capsules could be cross-linked from the organic phase by reaction of the chain-end hydroxyl groups of the PEG ligands with suitable electrophiles such as terephthaloyl chloride.
authors.affiliation: Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glogowski
authors.forename: Ravisubhash
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tangirala
authors.forename: Jinbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Emrick