title: Self-assembly and redox induced phase transfer of gold nanoparticles at a water-propylene carbonate interface.
abstract: Citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles were found to spontaneously self-assemble into a lustrous film at a bare water-propylene carbonate interface after vigorous shaking, due to the extremely low interfacial tension. The presence of an electron donor, tetrathiafulvalene, in the oil phase, led to the extraction of particles into the organic phase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Rue de l'Industrie 17, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland. hubert.girault@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7930-7758
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smirnov
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Rue de l'Industrie 17, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland. hubert.girault@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Pekka
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1229-2261
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peljo
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Rue de l'Industrie 17, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland. hubert.girault@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Hubert H
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5573-5774
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Girault