title: Proof of Principle: Immobilisation of Robust CuII3TbIII-Macrocycles on Small, Suitably Pre-functionalised Gold Nanoparticles.
abstract: In a proof-of-principle study, a soluble macrocyclic single-molecule magnet (SMM) containing a CuII3TbIIImagnetic core was covalently grafted onto small gold nanoparticles pre-functionalised with carboxylate-terminated tethers. A modified microemulsion method allowed production of the small and monodisperse nanoparticles (approximately 3.5 nm in diameter) for the chemisorption of a large amount of intact macrocyclic complexes in the hybrid system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechonology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Humphrey L C
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-4335
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Feltham
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechonology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4957-1854
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff" and UdR INSTM, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7549-2124
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mannini
authors.affiliation: Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin-BP 48, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
authors.forename: Edwige
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3546-3908
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Otero
authors.affiliation: Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin-BP 48, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.|IMPMC, UMR 7590, CNRS, UPMC, IRD, MNHN, 75005, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9349-2558
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sainctavit
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff" and UdR INSTM, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3783-2700
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sessoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechonology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Carla J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2022-4792
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Meledandri
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechonology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5878-8238
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brooker
keywords: emulsion; gold; macrocycles; magnetics; nanoparticles