3D ordered gold strings by coating nanoparticles with mesogens

Zeng, Xiangbing; Liu, Feng; Fowler, Alan G.; Ungar, Goran; Cseh, Liliana; Mehl, Georg H.; Macdonald, J. Emyr

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles covered with a nematic liquid-crystal ligand laterally attached via a thioalkyl spacer and a thioalkane "diluent" exhibit 3D ordering in strings jacketed by the mesogens with controllable interparticle spacing. The particles form rhombohedral, hexagonal, and rectangular columnar superlattices, not the usual packing modes of spheres.

Citation

Zeng, X., Liu, F., Fowler, A. G., Ungar, G., Cseh, L., Mehl, G. H., & Macdonald, J. E. (2009). 3D ordered gold strings by coating nanoparticles with mesogens. Advanced materials, 21(17), 1746-1750. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200803403

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 2, 2009
• Publication Date: May 4, 2009
• Journal: ADVANCED MATERIALS
• Print ISSN: 0935-9648
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 1746-1750
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200803403
• Keywords: Blaxial nematic; GISAXS; Gold nanoparticles; Liquid crystals; Metamaterials
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/387066
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.200803403