Examination of Oil Structural Motifs and Temperature in Promoting Reversible Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticle Langmuir Films

The interaction between gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with other components and phases has important consequences on their use in materials and devices as well as their fate in the environment or at biological interfaces. Previously we determined that long oil chain lengths and lower temperatures optim...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1999. - 38(2022), 3 vom: 25. Jan., Seite 1011-1019
1. Verfasser: Kilham, Annabelle M (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: McWhirter, Samantha, Meli, M-Vicki
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Oils Gold 7440-57-5
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Zusammenfassung:The interaction between gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with other components and phases has important consequences on their use in materials and devices as well as their fate in the environment or at biological interfaces. Previously we determined that long oil chain lengths and lower temperatures optimized the mixing of n-alkanes with alkanethiol-capped AuNPs which improved nanoparticle self-assembly into superlattices at aqueous interfaces. In this study, a variety of liquid phase hydrocarbon oils with structural and functional variations were surveyed for their mixing efficacy and propensity to enable reversible self-assembly of nanoparticle domains. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images and pressure vs area isotherms across this series reveal isotherm features that distinguish between the mixing and inclusion of the oil at the interface and that which enables reversible self-assembly. Structural and functional characteristics of the oil for promoting reversible self-assembly are identified which surpass the importance of chain length previously described. Temperatures below the ligand order-disorder transition were found to improve the reversibility of AuNP domains and are understood by application of a reparametrized x-DLVO model
Beschreibung:Date Completed 01.02.2022
Date Revised 01.02.2022
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02531