Hydrogen-bond-assisted "gold cold fusion" for fabrication of 2D web structures.
Keeping their cool: Fabrication of a 2D weblike nanonetwork of gold was successfully demonstrated through a two-step procedure including complexation of gold precursors to a weblike supramolecular assembly of surfactant followed by in situ reduction of the precursors to gold. Molecular assemblies stabilized by hydrogen bonding provided a sound template, leading to the highly integrated structure of gold through room-temperature (cold) nanostructure fusion.
Mandal
Saikat
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World Premier International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
Shundo
Atsuomi
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Acharya
Somobrata
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Hill
Jonathan P
JP
Ji
Qingmin
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Ariga
Katsuhiko
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D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D006046:Gold