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Nanoparticle assembly

Solvent-tuned structures

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Controlled assembly of nanoparticles can increase their utility for a large range of applications. Selectively functionalizing the ends of hydrophilic nanorods with hydrophobic polymers is an elegant way to do this, as solvent composition provides structure control.

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Figure 1: A schematic illustration of the rod-like gold nanoparticles prepared by Kumacheva and co-workers2.
Figure 2: Immersion of polystyrene-modified gold nanorods in water–organic solvent mixtures results in the formation of nanorod assemblies.

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