Issue 39, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Designer nanojunctions: orienting shaped nanoparticles within polymer thin-film nanocomposites†

Bo Gao,a   Yahya Alvi,a   David Rosen,a   Marvin Lava  and  Andrea R. Tao*a  

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a NanoEngineering Department, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr #0448, La Jolla, CA, USA
E-mail: atao@ucsd.edu
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Abstract

We demonstrate that polymer-grafted metal nanoparticles of various shapes and dimensions self-assemble into arrays of string-like superstructures upon phase separation within a matrix polymer. Interparticle orientation within these nanocomposites can be dictated by the chain length of the grafted polymer.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37158H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Oct 2012
Accepted
23 Nov 2012
First published
23 Nov 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4382-4384

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Designer nanojunctions: orienting shaped nanoparticles within polymer thin-film nanocomposites

B. Gao, Y. Alvi, D. Rosen, M. Lav and A. R. Tao, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4382 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37158H

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