title: Immobilization of monolayer protected lipophilic gold nanorods on a glass surface.
abstract: We present a novel process of immobilization of gold nanorods (GNRs) on a glass surface. We demonstrate that by exploiting monolayer protection of the GNRs, their unusual optical properties can be completely preserved. UV-visible spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy analysis are used to reveal the optical and morphological properties of monolayer protected immobilized lipophilic GNRs, and molecular dynamics simulations are used to elucidate their surface molecule arrangements.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e dell'Ambiente, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Vignolese 905/A, 41100 Modena, Italy. guido.ori@unimore.it
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ori
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gentili
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cavallini
authors.forename: Mauro Comes
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zapparoli
authors.forename: Monia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montorsi
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Siligardi
mesh_terms: D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D006046:Gold