Role of Salt in the Spontaneous Assembly of Charged Gold Nanoparticles in Ethanol

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• 作者：Xiaogang Han ; James Goebl ; Zhenda Lu ; Yadong Yin
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：May 3, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：27
• 期：9
• 页码：5282-5289
• 全文大小：1100K
• 年卷期：v.27,no.9(May 3, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5827

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This paper investigates the role of salt in the spontaneous linear assembly of charged gold nanoparticles in ethanol and attempts to clear up a misunderstanding on the role of ethanol in this process. Many prior reports have noted that the addition of ethanol to an aqueous solution of gold nanoparticles causes their aggregation into linear assemblies. It was therefore believed that ethanol plays the determining role during the assembly process. In this work, we carried out systematic studies which indicate that residual salt in conjunction with ethanol, instead of ethanol itself, induces the assembly of gold nanoparticles in ethanol. In the absence of salt, gold nanoparticles can be well dispersed in an ethanol solution. Furthermore, we find that the chainlike assemblies can disassemble upon dilution of the salt or the evaporation of ethanol if the gold nanoparticles are protected with a sufficiently strong ligand.