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Nature Materials 6, 553 - 555 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1964

Nanoparticle assembly: Solvent-tuned structures

Robert B. Grubbs1

  1. Robert B. Grubbs is in the Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
    e-mail: Robert.B.Grubbs@dartmouth.edu


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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