Mixed Nanosphere Assemblies at a Liquid–Liquid Interface

Fink, Zachary; Wu, Xuefei; Kim, Paul Y.; McGlasson, Alex; Abdelsamie, Maged; Emrick, Todd; Sutter‐Fella, Carolin M.; Ashby, Paul D.; Helms, Brett A.; Russell, Thomas P.

doi:10.1002/smll.202308560

Mixed Nanosphere Assemblies at a Liquid–Liquid Interface

Journal Article · Wed Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Small

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202308560· OSTI ID:2352226

Fink, Zachary ^[1]; Wu, Xuefei ^[2]; Kim, Paul Y. ^[2]; McGlasson, Alex ^[1]; Abdelsamie, Maged ^[3]; Emrick, Todd ^[1]; Sutter‐Fella, Carolin M. ^[4]; Ashby, Paul D. ^[4]; Helms, Brett A. ^[4]; ^[5]

Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran (Saudi Arabia)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)

The in-plane packing of gold (Au), polystyrene (PS), and silica (SiO₂) spherical nanoparticle (NP) mixtures at a water–oil interface is investigated in situ by UV–vis reflection spectroscopy. All NPs are functionalized with carboxylic acid such that they strongly interact with amine-functionalized ligands dissolved in an immiscible oil phase at the fluid interface. This interaction markedly increases the binding energy of these nanoparticle surfactants (NPSs). The separation distance between the Au NPSs and Au surface coverage are measured by the maximum plasmonic wavelength (λ_max) and integrated intensities as the assemblies saturate for different concentrations of non-plasmonic (PS/SiO₂) NPs. Further, as the PS/SiO₂ content increases, the time to reach intimate Au NP contact also increases, resulting from their hindered mobility. λ_max changes within the first few minutes of adsorption due to weak attractive inter-NP forces. Additionally, a sharper peak in the reflection spectrum at NP saturation reveals tighter Au NP packing for assemblies with intermediate non-plasmonic NP content. Grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements confirm a decrease in Au NP domain size for mixtures with larger non-plasmonic NP content. The results demonstrate a simple means to probe interfacial phase separation behavior using in situ spectroscopy as interfacial structures densify into jammed, phase-separated NP films.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2352226

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2217686

Journal Information:: Small, Journal Name: Small Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 20; ISSN 1613-6810

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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