Unusual Effect of Iodine Ions on the Self-Assembly of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Capped Gold Nanoparticles

Wang, Wenjie; Kim, Hyeong Jin; Bu, Wei; Mallapragada, Surya; Vaknin, David

doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02966

Title: Unusual Effect of Iodine Ions on the Self-Assembly of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Capped Gold Nanoparticles

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We use synchrotron X-ray reflectivity and grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering to investigate the surface assembly of the poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-grafted gold nanoparticles (PEG-AuNPs) induced by different salts. We find that NaCl and CsCl behave as many other electrolytes, namely, drive the PEG-AuNPs to the vapor/suspension interface to form a layer of single-particle depth and organize them into very high-quality two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal crystals. By contrast, NaI induces the migration of PEG-AuNPs to the aqueous surface at much higher surface densities than the other salts (at similar concentrations). The resulting 2D ordering at moderate NaI concentrations is very short ranged, and at a higher NaI concentration, the high-density monolayer is amorphous. Considering NaCl, CsCl and the majority of salts behave similarly, this implicates the anomaly of iodine ion (I^–) in this unusual surface population. We argue that the influence of most electrolytes on the PEG corona preserves the polymer in the θ-point with sufficient flexibility to settle into a highly ordered state, whereas I^– has a much more severe effect on the corona by collapsing it. The collapsed PEG renders the grafted AuNP a nonspherical shaped complex that, although packs at high density, cannot organize into a 2D ordered arrangement.

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^[1]; Kim, Hyeong Jin ^[1]; Bu, Wei ^[2];

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Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: 2019-12-15

Research Org.:: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1593153

Report Number(s):: IS-J-10138
Journal ID: ISSN 0743-7463

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358; NSF/CHE-1834750; AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Langmuir

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 36; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0743-7463

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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                    Wang, Wenjie, Kim, Hyeong Jin, Bu, Wei, Mallapragada, Surya, and Vaknin, David. Unusual Effect of Iodine Ions on the Self-Assembly of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Capped Gold Nanoparticles.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Wang, Wenjie, Kim, Hyeong Jin, Bu, Wei, Mallapragada, Surya, & Vaknin, David. Unusual Effect of Iodine Ions on the Self-Assembly of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Capped Gold Nanoparticles.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02966

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                    Wang, Wenjie, Kim, Hyeong Jin, Bu, Wei, Mallapragada, Surya, and Vaknin, David. Sun .  
"Unusual Effect of Iodine Ions on the Self-Assembly of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Capped Gold Nanoparticles".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02966.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1593153.

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  title        = {Unusual Effect of Iodine Ions on the Self-Assembly of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Capped Gold Nanoparticles},

  author       = {Wang, Wenjie and Kim, Hyeong Jin and Bu, Wei and Mallapragada, Surya and Vaknin, David},

  abstractNote = {We use synchrotron X-ray reflectivity and grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering to investigate the surface assembly of the poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-grafted gold nanoparticles (PEG-AuNPs) induced by different salts. We find that NaCl and CsCl behave as many other electrolytes, namely, drive the PEG-AuNPs to the vapor/suspension interface to form a layer of single-particle depth and organize them into very high-quality two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal crystals. By contrast, NaI induces the migration of PEG-AuNPs to the aqueous surface at much higher surface densities than the other salts (at similar concentrations). The resulting 2D ordering at moderate NaI concentrations is very short ranged, and at a higher NaI concentration, the high-density monolayer is amorphous. Considering NaCl, CsCl and the majority of salts behave similarly, this implicates the anomaly of iodine ion (I–) in this unusual surface population. We argue that the influence of most electrolytes on the PEG corona preserves the polymer in the θ-point with sufficient flexibility to settle into a highly ordered state, whereas I– has a much more severe effect on the corona by collapsing it. The collapsed PEG renders the grafted AuNP a nonspherical shaped complex that, although packs at high density, cannot organize into a 2D ordered arrangement.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02966},

  journal      = {Langmuir},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 36,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

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