Polyelectrolyte coating provides a facile route to suspend gold nanorods in polar organic solvents and hydrophobic polymers.
The widely used and versatile polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer (LbL) nanoparticle coating strategy allows for gold nanorods to be transferred from aqueous media into a broad range of polar organic solvents without aggregation. The uniform dispersity and stability of the nanorods in organic solvents allows for uniform incorporation of nanorods into a variety of hydrophobic polymers.
Alaaldin M
AM
Alkilany
Lucas B
LB
Thompson
Catherine J
CJ
Murphy
D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
D004573:Electrolytes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011108:Polymers; D012997:Solvents; D006046:Gold