title: Organo-soluble porphyrin mixed monolayer-protected gold nanorods with intercalated fullerenes.
abstract: Organo-soluble porphyrin mixed monolayer-protected gold nanorods were synthesized and characterized. The resulting gold nanorods encapsulated by both porphyrin thiol and alkyl thiol on their entire surface with strong covalent Au-S linkages were very stable in organic solvents without aggregation or decomposition and exhibited unique optical properties different from their corresponding spherical ones. Alkyl thiol acts as a stabilizer not only to fill up the potential space on gold nanorod surface between bulky porphyrin molecules but also to provide space for further insertion of C(60) molecules forming a stable C(60)-porphyrin-gold nanorod hybrid nanostructure.
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Chenming
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Yongqian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Dingshan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Augustine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urbas
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li