title: Fabrication of one-dimensional ZnO/4-Mpy/Ag assemblies and their spectroscopic studies.
abstract: One-dimensional (1D) ZnO/4-mercaptopyridine (4-Mpy)/Ag assemblies have been prepared by immersing ZnO rod arrays modified by 4-MPy into Ag nanoparticles colloid. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) have been employed to investigate the formation process of ZnO/4-Mpy/Ag assemblies. It shows that 4-Mpy molecules are adsorbing on the surface of the ZnO rod arrays, then 4-Mpy molecules are partially dissociated from ZnO rod arrays by desorption and connect with Ag nanoparticles via the S atom. The analysis of XPS confirms the result obtained from Raman spectra of ZnO/4-Mpy/Ag assemblies. This research provides a direct spectroscopic evidence for the formation of mixed 1D ZnO/4-Mpy/Ag assemblies.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, 2699#, Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, PR China.
authors.forename: Hailong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Yanfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Weiqing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozaki