title: Hydrogen-bond-assisted "gold cold fusion" for fabrication of 2D web structures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: World Premier International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Atsuomi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shundo
authors.forename: Somobrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Qingmin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ariga
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D006046:Gold