ArticleNature nanotechnology2009
Self-assembly of soft nanoparticles with tunable patchiness.
Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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Abstract
Details of the forces between nanoparticles determine the ways in which the nanoparticles can self-assemble into larger structures. The use of directed interactions has led to new concepts in self-assembly such as asymmetric dendrons, Janus particles, patchy colloids and colloidal molecules. Recent models that include attractive regions or 'patches' on the surface of the nanoparticles predict a wealth of intricate modes of assembly. Interactions between such particles are also important in a range of phenomena including protein aggregation and crystallization, re-entrant phase transitions, assembly of nanoemulsions and the organization of nanoparticles into nanowires. Here, we report the synthesis of 6-nm nanoparticles with dynamic hydrophobic patches and show that they can form reversible self-assembled structures in aqueous solution that become topologically more connected upon dilution. The organization is based on guest-host supramolecular chemistry with the nanoparticles composed of a hydrophobic dendrimer host molecule and water-soluble hydrophilic guest molecules. The work demonstrates that subtle changes in hierarchal composition and/or concentration can dramatically change mesoscopic ordering.
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