Recovery of nanoparticles made easy.
Here is demonstrated a novel approach to reversible control over nanoparticle (NP) stability, permitting facile recovery for the reuse of inorganic NPs. For the first time, the separation of NPs is achieved by suspending the nanostructures in a background-supporting colloidal fluid, which itself shows a liquid-liquid critical-type phase transition at a temperature T(c) instead of using a normal molecular solvent.
Myakonkaya
Olesya
O
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom.
Guibert
Clément
C
Eastoe
Julian
J
Grillo
Isabelle
I