Light-Switchable Self-Assembly of Non-Photoresponsive Gold Nanoparticles

Herein, an interesting light-induced self-assembly behavior from non-photoresponsive gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) was reported. Specifically, a pH-responsive amphiphile SPBwas developed that contained a particular phenylboronic acid moiety and showed excellent surface activity at the neutral and basi...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 34(2018), 21 vom: 29. Mai, Seite 6117-6124
Auteur principal: Cheng, Yuming (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Dong, Jinfeng, Li, Xuefeng
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2018
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Résumé:Herein, an interesting light-induced self-assembly behavior from non-photoresponsive gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) was reported. Specifically, a pH-responsive amphiphile SPBwas developed that contained a particular phenylboronic acid moiety and showed excellent surface activity at the neutral and basic conditions, thereby stabilizing Au NPs well. Accordingly, the SPB-functionalized Au NPs showed strong pH dependence that there presented the pH-induced reversible self-assembly behavior. Furthermore, the introduction of a small amount of commercially available photoacid generator named diphenyliodonium nitrate (DIN) into the system could endow it with apparent light-switchable self-assembly behavior. The pH- and light-induced self-assembly behaviors of SPB-functionalized Au NPs in the absence and presence of DIN, respectively, were systematically studied by various techniques including UV-vis spectrum, transmission electron microscope, nuclear magnetic resonance, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, which evidently confirmed that the stimuli-responsive self-assembly was controlled by the hydrogen-bonding interactions between phenylboronic acid moieties. Attributing to the light-induced obvious color change from bright-red to deep purple, the system was applied in particle imprinting successfully
Description:Date Completed 10.09.2018
Date Revised 10.09.2018
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00497