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Assembling Bare Au Nanoparticles at Positively Charged Templates

Journal Article · · Scientific Reports
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26462· OSTI ID:1323385

In-situ X-ray reflectivity (XRR) and grazing incidence X-ray small-angle scattering (GISAXS) reveal that unfunctionalized (bare) gold nanoparticles (AuNP) spontaneously adsorb to a cationic lipid template formed by a Langmuir monolayer of DPTAP (1,2-dihexadecanoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane) at vapor/aqueous interfaces. Analysis of the XRR yields the electron density profile across the chargedinterfaces along the surface normal showing the AuNPs assemble with vertical thickness comparable to the particle size. The GISAXS analysis indicates that the adsorbed mono-particle layer exhibits shortrange in-plane correlations. By contrast, single-stranded DNA-functionalized AuNPs, while attracted to the positively charged surface (more efficiently with the addition of salt to the solution), display less in-plane regular packing compared to bare AuNPs.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences; USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences - Materials Sciences and Engineering Division; Iowa State University
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1323385
Journal Information:
Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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