title: Rational design of oriented assembly of gold nanospheres with nanorods by biotin-streptavidin connectors.
abstract: Through the different functionalities on Au nanosphere (AuNSs) and Au nanorod (AuNRs) surfaces, we successfully control AuNSs attachment onto either the end or side surface of anisotropic AuNRs via bio-recognition, and then consciously construct side-by-side or end-to-end assembly nanostructures. This study provides a feasible approach to organize nanoparticles with different morphologies into controllable assembly geometries, which can potentially benefit the construction of future nanodevices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomaterials, College of Materials, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Fujian Province, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China. xizhou@xmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lubin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Shixiong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Qiqing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001710:Biotin / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D019809:Streptavidin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001710:Biotin; D006046:Gold; D019809:Streptavidin