title: Supramolecular templates for nanoflake-metal surfaces.
abstract: A sustainable method for the fabrication of metallic surfaces with flower-like fractal morphology was developed by using a three-dimensional supramolecular assembly as a template. Modifying Au nanoflakes with self-assembled monolayers or polymers allows the surface wettability to be adjusted from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic (see figure). Furthermore, Au nanoflakes present excellent substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).
authors.affiliation: Department of Interfaces, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, Potsdam 14424, Germany.
authors.forename: Yanfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jiaobing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kuhlmann
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hildebrandt
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ariga
authors.forename: Helmuth
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Möhwald
authors.forename: Dirk G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kurth
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanishi