title: Self-assembly and colloidal polymerization of polymer-nanoparticle hybrids into mesoscopic chains.
abstract: No, it's not frogspawn! Polymer-coated gold nanoparticles can be assembled into extended mesoscopic chains with precise dimensional control. Here, the conditions can be adjusted to promote the fusion of polymeric ligands into cylindrical micellar aggregates. This type of colloidal polymerization offers a new and versatile route to a variety of mesoscopic assemblies of nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona, 1308 East University Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. jpyun@email.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pyun