Nanoparticle films self-assembly

Ou, Y., Wang, L.-Y., Zhu, L.-W., Wan, L. S., Xu, Z.-K. In-situ immobilization of silver nanoparticles on self-assembled honeycomb-patterned films enables surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates. J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 11478-11484 (2014)... 

Cassagneau, T., Fendler, J. H. and Mallouk, T. E., Optical and electrical characterizations of ultrathin films self-assembled from 11-aminoundecanoic acid capped Ti02 nanoparticles and polyallylamine hydrochloride, Langmuir, 16, 241-246 (2000). 

This chapter covers the most recent advances in the chemistry of calixarenes and resorcinarenes and their self-assembly at interfaces developed after the excellent book chapter of Lucke, Stirling and Bohmer published in 2001 [11]. We focus the present work on calixarene- and resorcinarene-based Langmuir monolayers, Langmuir-Blodgett films, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on planar surfaces and on nanoparticles. This book chapter is not intended to be an exhaustive review of aU research works carried out on these topics selected illustrative examples are chosen in the vast available literature and discussed. The self-assembly of amphiphilic calixarenes in water has been reviewed elsewhere and will not be treated herein [12, 13]. 

By manipulating the size and the interparticle distances of monodispersed nanoparticles within self-assembled films, novel optic devices may be... 

A Ulman. An Introduction to Ultrathin Organic Films From Langmuir-Blodgett to Self-Assembly. Boston, Academic Press, 1991 JH Fendler. Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Films Preparation, Characterization and Application. Weinheim, Germany Wiley VCH, 1998. 

Monolayer films with the alkanethiol-capped ZnS Mn nanoparticles were fabricated on quartz substrates by the layer-by-layer method using a self-assembled monolayer of 1,6-hexanedithiol. 

Zhu T., Zhang X., Wang J., Fu X.Y., Liu Z.F., Assembling colloidal Au nanoparticles with functionalized self- assembled monolayers. Thin Solid Films 1998 329 595-598. 

Sprensen TJ, Laursen BW, Luchowski R, Shtoyko T, Akopova I, Gryczynski Z, Gryczynski I (2009) Enhanced fluorescence emission of Me-ADOTA+ by self-assembled silver nanoparticles on a gold film. Chem Phys Lett 476 46-50... 

The self-assembling character of bilayer membranes is demonstrated by the formation of free-standing cast films from aqueous dispersions of synthetic bilayer membranes. The tendencies for association are sufficiently strong to allow the addition of guest molecules (nanoparticles, proteins, and various small molecules) to these films where the connective forces are secondary in nature and not primary. Synthetic polymer chemists have made use of these self-assembling tendencies to synthesize monolayer films. In particular, a monomer that contains both reactive groups and hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas is cast onto an appropriate template that self-assembles the monomer, holding it for subsequent polymerization. Thus, a bilayer structure is formed by... 

Figure 6.7 Illustration of multipoint hydrogen bonding based self-assembly (a) hydrogen bond formation between barbituric acid functionalized gold nanoparticles and Hamilton receptor functionalized block copolymers and (b) selective deposition of nanoparticles on a microphase-separated block copolymer film. Reprinted with permission fi om Binder et al. (2005). Copyright 2005 American Chemical Society.

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