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Self-assembly of Janus Au:Fe₃O₄ branched nanoparticles. From organized clusters to stimuli-responsive nanogel suprastructures University of Antwerp
Janus nanoparticles offer enormous possibilities through a binary selective functionalization and dual properties. Their self-assembly has attracted strong interest due to their potential as building blocks to obtain molecular colloids, supracrystals and well-organized nanostructures that can lead to new functionalities. However, this self-assembly has been focused on relatively simple symmetrical morphologies, while for complex nanostructures ...
A review on self‐assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into clusters, patterns, and films University of Antwerp
The colloidal synthesis of functional nanoparticles has gained tremendous scientific attention in the last decades. In parallel to these advancements, another rapidly growing area is the self-assembly or self-organization of these colloidal nanoparticles. First, the organization of nanoparticles into ordered structures is important for obtaining functional interfaces that extend or even amplify the intrinsic properties of the constituting ...
Self-Assembly of Hybrid Nanorods for Enhanced Volumetric Performance of Nanoparticles in Li-Ion Batteries KU Leuven
The benefits of nanosize active particles in Li-ion batteries are currently ambiguous. They are acclaimed for enhancing the cyclability of certain electrode materials and for improving rate performance. However, at the same time, nanoparticles are criticized for causing side reactions as well as for their low packing density and, therefore, poor volumetric battery performance. This paper demonstrates for the first time that self-assembly can be ...
Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles KU Leuven
Within the field of nanotechnology, nanoparticles are one of the most prominent and promising candidates for technological applications. Self-assembly of nanoparticles has been identified as an important process where the building blocks spontaneously organize into ordered structures by thermodynamic and other constraints. However, in order to successfully exploit nanoparticle self-assembly in technological applications and to ensure efficient ...
Control of surface plasmon localization via self-assembly of silver nanoparticles along silver nanowires KU Leuven University of Antwerp
A simple and low-cost method to create metal-metal hybrid nanostructures possessing fairly regularly spaced "hot-spots" of surface plasmon resonances is proposed. The nanohybrid structure was prepared via self-assembly during a simple drop-casting procedure, using chemically synthesized silver nanowires and silver nanoparticles prepared in a single batch of a polyol process. Wide field illumination of these nanohybrids produced hot-spots with ...
Persistent, Well-Defined, Monodisperse, pi-Conjugated Organic Nanoparticles via G-Quadruplex Self-assembly KU Leuven
Several oligo(p-phenylene-vinylene) oligomers capped with a guanosine or a guanine moiety have been prepared via a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction. Their self-assembly, in both the absence and presence of alkaline salts, has been studied by means of different techniques in solution (NMR, MS, UV-vis, CD, fluorescence), solid state (X-ray diffraction), and on surfaces (STM, AFM). When no salt is added, these pi-conjugated molecules ...
Selectivity in ligand functionalization of photocatalytic metal oxide nanoparticles for phase transfer and self‐assembly applications University of Antwerp
Functionalization of photocatalytic metal oxide nanoparticles of TiO 2 , ZnO, WO 3 and CuO with amine‐terminated (oleylamine) and thiol‐terminated (1‐dodecanethiol) alkyl chained ligands was studied under ambient conditions. A high selectivity was observed in the binding specificity of a ligand towards nanoparticles of these different oxides. It was observed that oleylamine binds stably to only TiO 2 and WO 3 , while 1‐dodecanethiol binds stably ...
Self-Assembly of Pluronic F127-Silica Spherical Core-Shell Nanoparticles in Cubic Close-Packed Structures KU Leuven University of Antwerp
A new ordered mesoporous silica material (COK-19) with cubic symmetry is synthesized by silicate polycondensation in a citric acid/citrate buffered micellar solution of Pluronic F127 triblock copolymer near neutral pH. SAXS, nitrogen adsorption, TEM and electron tomography reveal the final material has a cubic close packed symmetry (Fm-3m) with isolated spherical mesopores interconnected through micropores. Heating of the synthesis medium from ...
Bio-Inspired structural colors produced via self-assembly of synthetic melanin nanoparticles Ghent University
Structural colors arising from interactions of light with submicron scale periodic structures have been found in many species across all taxa, serving multiple biological functions including sexual signaling, camouflage, and aposematism. Directly inspired by the extensive use of self-assembled melanosomes to produce colors in avian feathers, we set out to synthesize and assemble polydopamine-based synthetic melanin nanoparticles in an effort to ...